Editing Ossian (section)

==Editions==
[[National Library of Scotland]] has 327 books and associated materials in its Ossian Collection.  The collection was originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth and includes different editions and translations of James Macpherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. It also contains secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy.  More than 200 items from the collection have been digitised.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ossian Collection: Selected books from the Ossian Collection of 327 volumes, originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth. Different editions and translations of James MacPherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. Also secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy.|url=http://digital.nls.uk/76750236|publisher=National Library of Scotland|access-date=23 March 2014|location=Edinburgh}}</ref>

Below are some other online editions of interest and recent works:
*1760: [https://books.google.com/books?id=RIYAAAAAcAAJ ''Fragments of Ancient Poetry collected in the Highlands of Scotland''], Edinburgh second edition.
*1803: ''The Poems of Ossian in two volumes'', an illustrated edition - [https://books.google.com/books?id=KX4lAAAAMAAJ Vol.I], [https://books.google.com/books?id=WX0lAAAAMAAJ Vol.II] (London: Lackington, Allen and co.)
*1887: [https://digital.nls.uk/early-gaelic-book-collections/archive/76001853 ''Poems of Ossian: Literally translated from the Gaelic, in the original measure of verse''] by Peter McNaughton (Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons).
*1888:  [https://digital.nls.uk/dcn6/7784/77843457.6.pdf ''Poems of Ossian translated by James Macpherson''], a pocket reprint of the 1773 edition omitting the four last poems (London: Walter Scott) 
*1996: ''The Poems of Ossian and Related Works'', ed. Howard Gaskill, with an Introduction by Fiona Stafford (Edinburgh University Press).
*2004: ''Ossian and Ossianism'', Dafydd Moore, a 4-volume edition of Ossianic works and a collection of varied responses (London: Routledge). This includes facsimiles of the Ossian works, contemporary and later responses, contextual letters and reviews, and later adaptations.
*2011: ''Blind Ossian's Fingal : fragments and controversy'', a reprint of the first edition and abridgement of the follow-up with new material by Allan and Linda Burnett (Edinburgh: Luath Press Ltd).
*2021: ''Ossian: Warrior Poet'', an edited and illustrated edition of the Poems with a new introduction and index by Scottish artist Eileen Budd (Windermere: Wide Open Sea Press).