Williams, V. E. (2016) The bagpipe and Romanticism: perceptions of Ossianic 'northernness'. European Romantic Review, 27(4), pp. 459-473. (doi: 10.1080/10509585.2016.1190088)
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Abstract
This article deals with the topic of the bagpipe in Romantic Scotland. During the late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-centuries, the bagpipe was described by many authors, such as Thomas Pennant and Sir Walter Scott, as deriving from Northern European countries, and generally as an instrument typifying notions of the Romantic North. Added to this connotation there also emerges a trait which connects the bagpipe to Ossianic atmospheres: according to authors such as John Leyden and John Wilson, and artists such as J. M. W. Turner, the bagpipe is the perfect instrument to evoke the feelings of Macpherson’s Fragments. Both the notions of the bagpipe’s original ‘northernness’ and its connection with Ossian are erroneous; in my article I discuss the reasons for the emergence of this association and imagery during the Romantic era.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Keywords: | Bagpipes, Romanticism, Ossian, James Macpherson, Northernness, Scottish literature, Romantic art history, Romantic literature |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Williams, Dr Vivien |
Authors: | Williams, V. E. |
Subjects: | N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR N Fine Arts > ND Painting P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) P Language and Literature > PR English literature |
College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > Scottish Literature |
Journal Name: | European Romantic Review |
Publisher: | Routledge |
ISSN: | 1050-9585 |
ISSN (Online): | 1740-4657 |
Published Online: | 28 June 2016 |
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