Macpherson the Historian

History Writing, Empire and Enlightenment in the Works of James Macpherson

AvMairi MacPherson,Jim MacPherson

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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This is the first book-length study of James Macpherson (1736-1796) that considers him as an historian. From his early poetry, to the Ossianic Collections, his prose histories, and his later political writing, Macpherson's subject was the past and he engaged with the latest Enlightenment theories about how to write history. Macpherson the Historian examines James' published works, from the neoclassical verse of The Highlander (1758) to his pamphlets defending the British imperial state during the late 1770s. In all of these texts, Macpherson wrote as an Enlightenment historian, where ideas about narrative, philosophy, and erudition were interwoven with eighteenth-century debates about the Highlands, commercial modernity, and the British Empire.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-11-30
Mått:156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt:460 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781399541114

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Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
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Mer om författaren

Dr Mairi MacPherson is an academic and museum expert based in the Scottish Highlands, where she has published extensively on the works of James Macpherson and, together with Jim, redesigned the Clan Macpherson Museum in Newtonmore. Jim MacPherson is Programme Leader for MLitt British Studies, Postgraduate Research Co-Ordinator and Lecturer in History at The Centre for History, University of the Highlands and Islands.

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an outstanding scholarly study that enriches our understanding of this most complex of characters – a lifelong advocate for the Highlands, one of the foremost Enlightenment thinkers and writers, a key player within the British political establishment, and not least, a historian who helped lay the foundations of modern historical practice.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsIntroduction: James Macpherson, the Enlightenment and Eighteenth-century History Writing 1 Frameworks and Genealogies: Macpherson the Historian in Context 2 Poetry: James Macpherson’s History Writing in The Highlander and Ossian3 History: James Macpherson’s Narrative Prose Histories 4 Politics and Empire: James Macpherson’s Political Writings and the Crisis of Empire in the Late 1770sConclusion: James Macpherson: Enlightenment Historian and Imperial GaelBibliographyIndex