tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post7047059752241442449..comments2024-03-28T02:29:37.413-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: OopsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-88011218588999562272016-11-06T15:40:06.599-06:002016-11-06T15:40:06.599-06:00What does it mean to frame poems? Did he translate...What does it mean to frame poems? Did he translate the Irish poems and call them Scottish? Did he read the Irish poems and write his own Scottish versions in English? Does that make them fake? Fake translations, I suppose. Did he ever say where he got the originals he supposedly translated, or show them to people? That article wasn't very thorough. Although it was the Daily Mail.Karinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-21863075994428469472016-11-05T21:30:37.651-05:002016-11-05T21:30:37.651-05:00You are absolutely right, Don. Macpherson has long...You are absolutely right, Don. Macpherson has long been known as one of the premiere fakers in literary history. So the lede here is misleading; the research is confirmatory, not revelatory.Patrick Murthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103905929956454199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-63190163008441964682016-11-05T14:28:47.544-05:002016-11-05T14:28:47.544-05:00I think that the consensus of literary scholars ha...I think that the consensus of literary scholars has, for years, been that McPherson wrote that stuff. (I could be wrong about that.) (But that's what my memory tells me.)Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com