Rural modernity, rural modernism and deindustrialisation in Norman Nicholson’s poetry (2023)
Journal Article
Frayn, A. (in press). Rural modernity, rural modernism and deindustrialisation in Norman Nicholson’s poetry. English Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/0013838X.2023.2180593

This article argues that the Cumbrian poet Norman Nicholson (1914-1987) is an exemplary writer about rural modernity, whose work also enables us to conceptualise a rural modernism. Nicholson lived all his life in his home town of Millom, an industria... Read More about Rural modernity, rural modernism and deindustrialisation in Norman Nicholson’s poetry.

Prisoner of War Camp Journals (2023)
Book Chapter
Schwan, A. (2023). Prisoner of War Camp Journals. In M. Demoor, C. Van Dijck, & B. Van Puymbroeck (Eds.), The Edinburgh Companion to First World War Periodicals. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

A case study of internment camp newspaper Stobsiade, contextualised in an overview of First World War internment camp periodicals.

Bogeyman: MacDiarmid, Scotland, and the Critics (2022)
Journal Article
Lyall, S. (2022). Bogeyman: MacDiarmid, Scotland, and the Critics. The Dark Horse, 46(Winter 2022/23), 106-107

'And so with the moderns': The Role of the Revolutionary Writer and the Mythicization of History in J. Leslie Mitchell’s Spartacus (2022)
Journal Article
Lyall, S. (2022). 'And so with the moderns': The Role of the Revolutionary Writer and the Mythicization of History in J. Leslie Mitchell’s Spartacus. Clotho, 4(2), 127-152. https://doi.org/10.4312/clotho.4.2.127-152

The focus of this article is J. Leslie Mitchell’s Spartacus (1933), his fictional representation of the slave rebellion in ancient Rome led by the eponymous gladiator. The article begins by examining Mitchell’s contribution to debates over the role o... Read More about 'And so with the moderns': The Role of the Revolutionary Writer and the Mythicization of History in J. Leslie Mitchell’s Spartacus.

Modernist Centenaries, Anniversaries, and Commemorations (2022)
Journal Article
Frayn, A. (2022). Modernist Centenaries, Anniversaries, and Commemorations. Modernism/modernity, 7(2), https://doi.org/10.26597/mod.0242

Comic: The Ghost Canoe [Fantomen 25-26/2022] (2022)
Other
Bishop, D. (2022). Comic: The Ghost Canoe [Fantomen 25-26/2022]. [Print]. Stockholm

The 17th Phantom's sister Julie Walker battles murderous robbers and a volcanic eruption in New Zealand during 1886.

The War Books Boom, 1928-1930 (2022)
Journal Article
Frayn, A., & Houston, F. (2022). The War Books Boom, 1928-1930. First World War Studies, 13(1), 25-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475020.2022.2129718

Based on a dataset of unparalleled extent containing nearly 1500 books, this article for the first time offers an analysis of the War Books Boom that combines the qualitative and quantitative. The boom did not simply rise and fall; an early peak in... Read More about The War Books Boom, 1928-1930.

Sacred Violence: W. B. Yeats, Patrick Pearse, and The Revival of Ireland (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Lyall, S. (2022, September). Sacred Violence: W. B. Yeats, Patrick Pearse, and The Revival of Ireland. Presented at 'Crossing Borders', School of Humanities Seminar Series 2022/23, University of Strathclyde

This paper frames the Irish Revival as a meta-symbolical attempt to reinterpret and reimagine the cultural and political narrative of Irish history. It focuses on the manner in which religious and spiritual beliefs and ideas were utilised by key Iris... Read More about Sacred Violence: W. B. Yeats, Patrick Pearse, and The Revival of Ireland.

Scottish Scene, or The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Albyn (2022)
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 texts of the Scottish literary renaissance of the early decades of the twent... Read More about Scottish Scene, or The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Albyn.

'Criminal Voice', Gender and (Sexual) Violence in Graeme Macrae Burnet's His Bloody Project (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Schwan, A. (2022, September). 'Criminal Voice', Gender and (Sexual) Violence in Graeme Macrae Burnet's His Bloody Project. Paper presented at European Society for the Study of English (ESSE) Conference, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany

‘To “meddle wi’ the thistle”’: The Scottish Chapbook, Modernism, and Renaissance (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Lyall, S. (2022, August). ‘To “meddle wi’ the thistle”’: The Scottish Chapbook, Modernism, and Renaissance. Paper presented at MacDiarmid at 100, Online

The first number of The Scottish Chapbook was published in August 1922 and the journal ran until November/December 1923. The most important of MacDiarmid’s several journal projects, it is significant in several ways. Edited by C. M. Grieve, the first... Read More about ‘To “meddle wi’ the thistle”’: The Scottish Chapbook, Modernism, and Renaissance.

Our Haunted Shores: Tales from the Coasts of the British Isles (2022)
Book
Alder, E., Packham, J., & Passey, J. (Eds.). (2022). Our Haunted Shores: Tales from the Coasts of the British Isles. London: British Library

From foreboding cliffs and lonely lighthouses to rumbling shingles and silted estuaries, the coasts of the British Isles have stoked the imaginations of storytellers for millennia, lending a rich literary significance to these spaces between land and... Read More about Our Haunted Shores: Tales from the Coasts of the British Isles.

Nan Shepherd, Scotland and the nature of rural modernism (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Lyall, S. (2022, June). Nan Shepherd, Scotland and the nature of rural modernism. Paper presented at The 3rd World Congress of Scottish Literatures, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Writing Science Fiction: Top Tips from a Sci-Fi Bestseller (2022)
Other
Lam, L. (2022). Writing Science Fiction: Top Tips from a Sci-Fi Bestseller. [Blog]

A blog post for Jericho Writers on writing Science Fiction

Dictionary Entry: 'Lewis Spence' (2022)
Other
Lyall, S. (2022). Dictionary Entry: 'Lewis Spence'. Edinburgh

Dictionary Entry: 'Nan Shepherd' (2022)
Other
Lyall, S. (2022). Dictionary Entry: 'Nan Shepherd'. Edinburgh

Jawbreaker: Literary Punk and Authenticity (2022)
Book Chapter
Keeble, A. (2022). Jawbreaker: Literary Punk and Authenticity. In R. Durkin (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Music and Modern Literature (395-405). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367237288-39

Global Trend in Retrofitting using Smart Technology: A Scientometric Review (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Ejidike, C., Memowo, M., & Olawumi, T. (in press). Global Trend in Retrofitting using Smart Technology: A Scientometric Review. In Towards a sustainable construction industry: The role of innovation and digitalisation

Retrofitting an existing structure enhances its energy efficiency, aesthetic appearance, and thermal comfort while also reducing the building’s energy costs. Buildings account for 40% of global energy consumption, which is al-so responsible for CO2 e... Read More about Global Trend in Retrofitting using Smart Technology: A Scientometric Review.

Critical Revival: How Critics have read Revival and Renaissance (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Lyall, S. (2022, March). Critical Revival: How Critics have read Revival and Renaissance. Paper presented at 'The Scottish Revival and the Canon', Seminar 3 of The Scottish Revival Network, Online

Scottish Modernism as Renaissance (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Lyall, S. (2022, January). Scottish Modernism as Renaissance. Presented at Extension Lecture, Department of English, Sukanta Mahavidyalaya, Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri University of North Bengal [Online]