Macpherson, James | Further Reading
FURTHER READING
Biography
Saunders, Bailey. The Life and Letters of James Macpherson. London: Swann and Sonnenschein and Co., 1894, 327 p.
Relates the facts of Macpherson's life, as well as the reception of his literary works, and the course of the controversy they engendered.
Smart, J.S. James Macpherson: An Episode in Literature. London: David Nutt, 1905, 224 p.
A biographical and critical study of Macpherson's career, in which the author argues that he possessed "a sensitive and poetic mind, and a shrewd capacity for business."
Criticism
Barratt, Glynn R., "The Melancholy and the Wild: A Note on Macpherson's Russian Success." In Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture: Racism in the Eighteenth Century, edited by Harold E. Pagliaro, pp. 125-35. Cleveland: The Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1973.
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