May 2020 – Lightly Peated

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Lightly Peated

Whisky, Blabber 'n' Smoke

David May 29, 2020 0 Comments colonialism, Highlands, literature, Neil M Gunn

Novels of Neil Gunn – Pt. 5

Gunn’s Early Novels The Plight of the Highlands Sometimes an author’s troubled child reveal more about them than their successes.

David May 18, 2020 0 Comments boyhood, Highlands, Neil M Gunn, Novels, wisdom, Young Art and Old Hector

Novels of Neil Gunn – Pt. 4

The Wisdom of Boyhood Young Art & Old Hector Neil Gunn classified three of his novels as ”wisdom of boyhood”.

David May 16, 2020 0 Comments childhood, Dunbeath, golden age, Highland River, Highlands, literature, Morning Tide, Neil M Gunn, Novels, Scottish Literary Renaissance

Novels of Neil Gunn – Pt. 3

The Wisdom of Childhood Gunn as a Young Boy I am on holiday in Lanzarote in an apartment overlooking a

David May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 0 Comments Christopher Stokoe, Highlands, meta-novel, Neil M Gunn, Novels, Thesis

Novels of Neil Gunn – Pt. 2

The Highland Meta-NovelThe Organisation of Neil Gunn’s Novels The title for this piece is borrowed from Christopher Stokoe’s thesis¹, which

David May 13, 2020May 30, 2020 0 Comments Bloodhunt, literature, neil Gunn, Novels, The Serpent, The Silver Darlings, Young Art and Old Hector

Novels of Neil Gunn – Pt. 1

A brief introduction to the series I have written few pieces about the novels of Neil Gunn even though they