Ossian is associated with
A) a third-century Scottish Highland poet whose works were fabricated; he never existed.
B) a growing fascination with exotic cultures and the more natural culture of a less developed society.
C) an interest in Scottish folklore once the English suppressed the Highlanders in the mid-1700s.
D) a sense of distance that one could use to measure one’s own sophistication and superiority.
E) All of the above.
Ans: E
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