Scottish Scene, or The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Albyn
Book
Lyall, S. (in press)
Scottish Scene, or The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Albyn. Glasgow: Association for Scottish Literature
Scottish Scene, or The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Albyn was first published by Jarrolds in 1934. Widely reviewed at the time, it quickly became one of the most controversial t...
Of poetry and politics: MacDiarmid's vision of Scotland
Other
Lyall, S. (2006)
Of poetry and politics: MacDiarmid's vision of Scotland. [The Scotsman]. https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/poetry-and-politics-macdiarmids-vision-scotland-2469677
The International Companion to Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Book
Lyall, S. (Ed.)
(2015). The International Companion to Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Glasgow: Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Lewis Grassic Gibbon (James Leslie Mitchell), the author of the acclaimed trilogy A Scots Quair – Sunset Song, Cloud Howe and Grey Granite – is one of the most important Scott...
Hugh MacDiarmid and the Scottish Renaissance
Book Chapter
Lyall, S. (2012)
Hugh MacDiarmid and the Scottish Renaissance. In G. Carruthers, & L. McIlvanney (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Scottish Literature (173-187). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Though commonly viewed as definitively rural and nationalist, the Scottish Literary Renaissance was actually begun in London by an émigré community of Burnsian Scots. The Vern...
Hugh MacDiarmid and the Scottish Literary Revival
Book Chapter
Lyall, S. (2024)
Hugh MacDiarmid and the Scottish Literary Revival. In G. Carruthers (Ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Scottish Literature (127-139). Wiley-Blackwell
The Scottish literary renaissance is a paradox. Imagining Scottish history as a series of catastrophes – Reformation, Union, Enlightenment, industrialisation – the renaissance...