Outputs (3)

'A "vigilance society for Scottish culture": The Saltire Society and the Scottish Literary Renaissance'. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lyall, S. (2025, March). 'A "vigilance society for Scottish culture": The Saltire Society and the Scottish Literary Renaissance'. Presented at The History of the Saltire Society, The Saltire Society, Edinburgh, UK

Scottish Scene and the ‘Condition of Scotland’ Question (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lyall, S. (2025, February). Scottish Scene and the ‘Condition of Scotland’ Question. Presented at 'For I Will Give You The Morning Star': A Celebration of the Life and Work of Lewis Grassic Gibbon, The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh

“The matter of Scotland”: Gray and MacDiarmid (2025)
Book Chapter
Lyall, S. “The matter of Scotland”: Gray and MacDiarmid. In The Edinburgh Companion to Alasdair Gray. Edinburgh University Press

This chapter charts the influence on Alasdair Gray’s work of the poet and propogandist for Scottish Renaissance Hugh MacDiarmid’s writings and cultural politics. It analyses the ways in which the spiritual journey or odyssey undertaken by the Drunk M... Read More about “The matter of Scotland”: Gray and MacDiarmid.