Note on the texts -- Introduction: Ossianic unconformities -- The songs of ancient peoples -- Statistical analyses -- Topographical labours -- The testimony of the rocks -- Extraordinary voyages.
Summary:
Combining environmental and industrial histories with the reception history of the poems of Ossian, this book examines a uniquely modern quest to locate vestiges of ancient poetry in the rapidly changing landscapes of an industrial world. -- Provided by publisher
Series:
Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism
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