This year, 2016, sees the twentieth anniversary of the publication of the Poems of Ossian, edited by Howard Gaskill, with a notable introduction by Fiona Stafford. The forum issue celebrates this landmark edition of the poems, and acknowledges the contribution to Ossianic studies of Gaskill and Stafford. The introductory essay considers the development of Ossian criticism from the late twentieth century onwards. It provides an overview of the six contributions to the issue, assesses the state of modern Ossian scholarship and suggests how the study of the bard may develop in the short to medium term.

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简介波斯语：过去，现在和未来

今年（2016年）是霍华德·加斯基尔（Howard Gaskill）编辑的《波斯诗歌》出版二十周年，菲奥娜·斯塔福德（Fiona Stafford）引人注目。论坛期庆祝这首具有里程碑意义的诗歌，并感谢他对加斯基尔和斯塔福德的波斯语研究做出的贡献。介绍性文章考虑了二十世纪后期以来波斯人批评的发展。它概述了对该问题的六点贡献，评估了现代奥塞奖学金的现状，并提出了在短期至中期如何发展吟游诗人的研究。