Ossian in Germany Bibliography General Survey Ossians Influence Upon Klopsto
Ossian in Germany Bibliography General Survey Ossians Influence Upon Klopsto
Rudolf Tombo
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The subject of Ossian's influence upon Klopstock, were it to re- ceive exhaustive treatment, would greatly exceed the space we can allot to it in a general discussion of the effect that Ossian produced in Germany, and we shall therefore confine ourselves here largely to generalities and attempt only a broad sketch of Klopstock's atti- tude toward the Gaelic bard. If we are to accept literally the statement made by Klopstock in a letter to Gerstenberg, 1 to the effect that he did not adopt the m...ythology of his forefathers until after the appearance of the "Lied eines Skalden " (1766), we ought to begin our discussion with Gerstenberg. It appears, how- ever, that Klopstock gave some attention to old Germanic history and mythology previous to 1766. 2 At any rate, he fell under Ossian's influence two years before, and set the example to a num- ber of others. It is doubtful whether Ossian of himself would have had as strong an influence upon the so-called bards, had not Klopstock given the necessary encouragement ; Gerstenberg' s ex- ample alone could not have been expected to produce the same results as that of the author of the Messiah* Indeed, the influ- ences that Ossian and Klopstock exercised upon the bards are in many cases so closely interwoven, that a discussion of Ossian's 1 Cf.
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