TY - BOOK ID - 94166751 TI - Orality, Ossian and translation AU - Bär, Gerald AU - Gaskill, Howard PY - 2020 SN - 9783631821152 9783631825822 9783631825839 9783631825846 363182582X PB - Berlin : Peter Lang DB - UniCat KW - Music KW - Poetry KW - Fiction KW - Thematology KW - Theory of literary translation KW - Macpherson, James KW - Ossian [Fictitious character] KW - Folk literature KW - Oral literature KW - Folklore KW - Literature UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:94166751 AB - The aim of this book is to revisit Ossian, whilst broadening the scope of oral literature and translation to embrace cultural contexts outside of Europe. Epics, ballads, prose tales, ritual and lyric songs, as genres, existed orally before writing was invented. Serious debate about them, at least in modern Western culture, may be said to have begun with James Macpherson and Thomas Percy. Considering the ongoing debate on orality and authenticity in the case of Ossian, this book includes ground-breaking, previously published essays which provide essential information relating to orality, Ossian and translation, but have been frequently overlooked. Its contributions focus on the aspects of authenticity, transmediation, popular poetry and music, examining Scottish, German, Portuguese, Brazilian, African, American Indian, Indian and Chinese literatures. ER -