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. One of the most important works of the movement of Sensibility and a seminal text for the early Romantic movement, the enthusiasm and controversy generated by the poems, and the influence they had upon two generations of European writers, artists and musicians, made Ossian one of the most important names in English literature in the second half of the eighteenth century. Ossian provoked extreme responses - most were bowled over by the poems, at least for a time, while others were hostile – but he…

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Citation: Moore, Dafydd. "Ossian". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 06 October 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1287, accessed 25 November 2024.]