Bibliography

Derick S. (Derick Smith)
Thomson
b. 1921–d. 2012

17 publications between 1952 and 1999 indexed

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Works authored

The MacDiarmid MS anthology: poems and songs mainly anonymous from the collection dated 1770

Thomson, Derick S. [ed.], The MacDiarmid MS anthology: poems and songs mainly anonymous from the collection dated 1770, Scottish Gaelic Texts, 17, Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1992.

An introduction to Gaelic poetry

Thomson, Derick S., An introduction to Gaelic poetry, 2nd ed., Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1989.

An introduction to Gaelic poetry

Thomson, Derick S., An introduction to Gaelic poetry, 1st ed., London: Gollancz, 1974.

Leabhar na Féinne: heroic Gaelic ballads collected in Scotland chiefly from 1512 to 1871

Campbell, J. F., and Derick S. Thomson [intro.], Leabhar na Féinne: heroic Gaelic ballads collected in Scotland chiefly from 1512 to 1871, vol. 1, reprint ed., Shannon: Irish University Press, 1972.

Edward Lhuyd in the Scottish Highlands, 1699–1700

Campbell, J. L., and Derick S. Thomson, Edward Lhuyd in the Scottish Highlands, 1699–1700, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963.

Branwen Uerch Lyr: the second of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi, edited from the White Book of Rhydderch, with variants from the Red Book of Hergest and from Peniarth 6

Thomson, Derick S. [ed.], Branwen Uerch Lyr: the second of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi, edited from the White Book of Rhydderch, with variants from the Red Book of Hergest and from Peniarth 6, Mediaeval and Modern Welsh Series, 2, Dublin: DIAS, 1961.

The Gaelic sources of Macpherson’s Ossian

Thomson, Derick S., The Gaelic sources of Macpherson’s Ossian, Aberdeen University Studies, 130, Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1952.

Works edited

The companion to Gaelic Scotland

Thomson, Derick S. (ed.), The companion to Gaelic Scotland, Oxford: Blackwell, 1983.

Bards and makars. Scottish language and literature: medieval and renaissance

Aitken, Adam J., M. P. McDiarmid, and Derick S. Thomson (eds), Bards and makars. Scottish language and literature: medieval and renaissance, Glasgow: Glasgow University Press, 1977.

Contributions to journals

Scottish Gaelic traditional songs from the 16th to the 18th century

Thomson, Derick S., “Scottish Gaelic traditional songs from the 16th to the 18th century [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 105 (1999): 93–114.

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Gaelic learned orders and literati in medieval Scotland

Thomson, Derick S., “Gaelic learned orders and literati in medieval Scotland”, Scottish Studies 12 (1968): 57–78.

Bogus Gaelic literature, c.1750–c.1820

Thomson, Derick S., “Bogus Gaelic literature, c.1750–c.1820”, Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Glasgow 5 (1958): 172–188.

Contributions to edited collections or authored works

Macpherson’s Ossian: ballads to epics

Thomson, Derick S., “Macpherson’s Ossian: ballads to epics”, in: Bo Almqvist, Séamas Ó Catháin, and Pádraig Ó Héalaí (eds), Fiannaíocht: essays on the Fenian tradition of Ireland and Scotland — The heroic process: form, function and fantasy in folk epic, 54, 55, Dublin and Dun Laoghaire: An Cumann le Béaloideas Éireann, 1987. 243–264.

Scottish Gaelic literature: the contemporary situation

Thomson, Derick S., “Scottish Gaelic literature: the contemporary situation”, in: J. E. Caerwyn Williams (ed.), Literature in Celtic countries: Taliesin congress lectures, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1971. 79–93.

The Harlaw Brosnachadh: an early fifteenth-century literary curio

Thomson, Derick S., “The Harlaw Brosnachadh: an early fifteenth-century literary curio”, in: James P. Carney, and David Greene (eds), Celtic studies: essays in memory of Angus Matheson 1912–1962, London: Routledge, 1968. 147–169.

In reference works

Oxford dictionary of national biography, Online: Oxford University Press, 2004–present. URL: <http://www.oxforddnb.com>.

comments: General editors include Lawrence Goldman, et al.

Contributions: Campbell, John Lorne, of Canna (1906–1996)· Mackay, Robert [called Rob Donn (1714–1778), Scottish Gaelic poet]

Derick S. (Derick Smith)Thomson b. 1921–d. 2012