5. Eloquence and Manners in Macpherson's Poems of Ossian

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Ancient Eloquence and the Revival of Virtue 24
7. 2. Eloquence versus Polite Style 59
8. 3. Regretting Eloquence in Polite Letters: Pope, Gray, and Sterne 104
9. 4. Religious Eloquence: Hume on the Passions That Unite Us 159
10. 5. Eloquence and Manners in Macpherson's Poems of Ossian 189
11. Epilogue 226
12. Bibliography 229
13. Index 247