Novels of Neil Gunn – Pt. 7
Individual TranscendenceGunn’s pathway to Zen There are two doctoral theses on Gunn. One, by Christopher Stokoe (2007)¹, looks at the
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Individual TranscendenceGunn’s pathway to Zen There are two doctoral theses on Gunn. One, by Christopher Stokoe (2007)¹, looks at the
Continue readingThe History Novels The Remote Past, The Clearance, The Sea Neil Gunn never liked history when he was at school,
Continue readingGunn’s Early Novels The Plight of the Highlands Sometimes an author’s troubled child reveal more about them than their successes.
Continue readingThe Wisdom of Boyhood Young Art & Old Hector Neil Gunn classified three of his novels as ”wisdom of boyhood”.
Continue readingThe Wisdom of Childhood Gunn as a Young Boy I am on holiday in Lanzarote in an apartment overlooking a
Continue readingThe Highland Meta-NovelThe Organisation of Neil Gunn’s Novels The title for this piece is borrowed from Christopher Stokoe’s thesis¹, which
Continue readingNeil Gunn was a novelist. His life’s work was fiction but he was an understandable, coherent individual, reserved yet sociable,
Continue readingThis really is a beautiful and peaceful place to visit. I arrive early, an hour before my tour, and spend
Continue readingThe stills of Glen Garioch still carry the image of a deer, which used to be the distillery’s emblem. This
Continue readingMany distilleries have remote and beautiful locations: beside rivers, on the edge of the sea, nestling into the mountainside. There
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