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Ossian
Legendary Gaelic bard; subject of a comparative essay.
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First appearance: Ossian
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Examined for his wild, melancholic, and sublime poetry, rooted in the natural landscape of the Scottish Highlands.
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With The Hero (psychological): Ossian, a legendary bard, is connected to the Hero through mythic narrative, representing an idealized heroic past. In Homer; Ossian; Chaucer: Examined for his wild, melancholic, and…
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- Poets of realism and epic
- Elizabethan literary and political figures
- Diverse historical and contemporary figures
- Heroic and historical exemplars
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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