A Critical Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian

Target entity: A Critical Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian
Context triple: [Hugh Blair, notableWork, A Critical Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian]

• A. Ossian
  Ossian is the legendary 3rd-century Gaelic bard whose purported epic poems, popularized in the 18th century by James Macpherson, profoundly shaped European Romantic literature.
• B. The Progress of Poesy
  The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
• C. The Scots Musical Museum
  The Scots Musical Museum is a landmark late-18th-century collection of traditional Scottish songs and music, famed for including many lyrics contributed and adapted by poet Robert Burns.
• D. The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
  The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets is Samuel Johnson’s major biographical and critical study of 17th- and 18th-century English poets, influential for its incisive literary judgments and character portraits.
• E. The Seeds and Fruits of English Poetry
  The Seeds and Fruits of English Poetry is a major unfinished painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Ford Madox Brown that allegorically celebrates the development and legacy of English literature.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: A Critical Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian
Target entity description: A Critical Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian is an influential 18th-century literary essay by Hugh Blair that analyzes and defends the authenticity and aesthetic value of the Ossianic poems.

• A. Ossian
  Ossian is the legendary 3rd-century Gaelic bard whose purported epic poems, popularized in the 18th century by James Macpherson, profoundly shaped European Romantic literature.
• B. The Progress of Poesy
  The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
• C. The Scots Musical Museum
  The Scots Musical Museum is a landmark late-18th-century collection of traditional Scottish songs and music, famed for including many lyrics contributed and adapted by poet Robert Burns.
• D. The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
  The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets is Samuel Johnson’s major biographical and critical study of 17th- and 18th-century English poets, influential for its incisive literary judgments and character portraits.
• E. The Seeds and Fruits of English Poetry
  The Seeds and Fruits of English Poetry is a major unfinished painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Ford Madox Brown that allegorically celebrates the development and legacy of English literature.
• F. None of above. chosen