Craze for Ossian (jan 1, 1760 – jan 1, 1765)
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- James Macpherson claimed to have found the verses of a Gaelic poet from the Dark Ages
- said to have introduced a new kind of sublime
- 'Ossian' wrote out of love which contrasted to Pope writing out of performance
- shifted feeling towards a consideration that actually comedy was a low form and not an intelligent activity, this highly emotive poetry was more accomplished
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