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Raymond H. Thompson is a Canadian scholar of medieval literature specializing in King Arthur and the Matter of Britain, and in the reinterpretation of this material in modern literature. He is a professor emeritus in the Department of English at Acadia University in Canada.^[1]

Thompson completed his Ph.D. in 1969 at the University of Alberta, with the dissertation Sir Gawain and heroic tradition: a study of the influence of changing heroic ideals upon the reputation of Gawain in the medieval literature of France and Britain. At that time, he already listed his academic affiliation with Acadia University.^[2] He was Scholar Guest of Honor at the 20th Annual Mythopoeic Conference in Vancouver, 1989.^[3]

Pendragon

Thompson was brought on by Chaosium in 1997 as an editor to select and package their Pendragon fiction line.^[4]^: 356 However, Chaosium printed only two books before they lost the rights to the line, which Green Knight Publishing subsequently picked up.^[4]^: 356

Books

Thompson's books include:

Gordon R. Dickson: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography (G. K. Hall, 1983)^[5]
The Return from Avalon: A Study of the Arthurian Legend in Modern Fiction (Greenwood Press, 1985)^[6]
The Arthurian Encyclopedia (with Norris J. Lacy, Geoffrey Ashe, Sandra Ness Ihle, and Marianne E. Kalinke, Garland, 1986)^[7]
Merlin: A Casebook (with Peter H. Goodrich, Routledge, 2003)^[8]
Gawain: A Casebook (with Keith Busby, Routledge, 2006)^[9]

References

^ "Faculty & Staff". English. Acadia University. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
^ "Sir Gawain and heroic tradition: a study of the influence of changing heroic ideals upon the reputation of Gawain in the medieval literature of France and Britain" (PDF). University of Alberta. 1969. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
^ Farrell 1989.
^ ^a ^b Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
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Review of Gordon R. Dickson: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography:
- Wolfe, Gary K. (March 1984). "A valuable record". Science Fiction Studies. 11 (1): 95–96. JSTOR 4239597.
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Reviews of The Return from Avalon:
- Basney, Lionel (Winter 1985). Modern Fiction Studies. 31 (4): 848–852. doi:10.1353/mfs.0.1233. JSTOR 26282294.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Cochran, Rebecca (Fall 1986). Philological Quarterly. 65 (4): 537–539. ProQuest 1290773590.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Dwyer, Richard (Fall 1985). "Arthurian Legend and Science Fiction". Quondam et Futurus. 6 (1): 7–9. JSTOR 27869877. Reprinted from Science Fiction Studies 12: 335–336, 1985, JSTOR 4239709 4239709.
- Farrell, Eleanor M. (June 1989). "Raymond H. Thompson and The Return from Avalon: An Appreciation". Mythprint. 26 (6).
- Garratt, Peter T. (Fall 1986). Foundation: 81–82. ProQuest 1312073927.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
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Reviews of The Arthurian Encyclopedia:
- Classen, Albrecht (1989). Mediaevistik. 2: 273–275. JSTOR 42584356.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Field, Rosalind (April 1988). Speculum. 63 (2): 426–428. doi:10.2307/2853268. JSTOR 2853268.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Vielliard, Françoise (July–December 1990). Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes. 148 (2): 502–503. JSTOR 42970081.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
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Reviews of Merlin: A Casebook:
- Breeze, Andrew (October 2005). The Modern Language Review. 100 (4): 1082–1084. doi:10.1353/mlr.2005.0132. JSTOR 3737735. S2CID 258103390.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Sullivan, C. W. III (Fall 2004). Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 15 (3): 279–280. JSTOR 43310258.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
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Reviews of Gawain: A Casebook:
- Goodrich, Peter H. (Winter 2006). Arthuriana. 16 (4): 111–113. doi:10.1353/art.2006.0058. JSTOR 27870810. S2CID 160250093.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- "Shorter notices". Medium Ævum. 75 (2): 367. 2006. doi:10.2307/43632793. JSTOR 43632793.