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Authors

Elepova Marina Yuryevna
Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Institute of Philology and Cross-Cultural Communication

Abstract

The article considers reception of ossianism in the Russian romantic lyrics of the first third of the
19th century. The North is represented in Ossian guise in sentimental-romantic tradition. The Celtic antiquity
assimilates with the pictures of life of ancient Scandinavians. Quite often ossianism is perceived
through the French poetry. K.N. Batyushkov and E.A. Baratynsky depict Finland as a personification of
the Scandinavian-Irish North. In the Russian poetry Ireland, Scandinavia and Finland, symbolizing the
North, are represented according to the canons of Ossian Songs by J. Macpherson.

Keywords

Russian lyrics of the 1st third of the 19th century, Ossian Songs, Scandinavian-Irish North, Finland’s image, single art space, canons of ossianism