Author:James Macpherson

James Macpherson
(1736–1796)

Scottish poet, "translator" of the Ossianic poems

James Macpherson

Works

  • Fragments of Ancient Poetry (1760)
  • Fingal: an Ancient Epic Poem, in Six Books; together with several other Poems, composed by Ossian, the son of Fingal; translated from the Galic language by James Macpherson (1762) (transcription project)
  • Poems of Ossian
    • The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal (1765) IA
    • Revised edition (1773) IA
    • The Poems of Ossian &c. Containing the Poetical Works of James Macpherson, Esq. in Prose and Rhyme with Notes and Illustrations, edited by Malcolm Laing (1805) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
    • Poems of Ossian, Translated by James Macpherson. With an Introduction, Historical and Critical, by George Eyre-Todd (1900)
  • The Illiad of Homer

Works about Macpherson

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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