Set against an informed conspectus of James Leslie Mitchell’s life and times, this study provides a comprehensive appraisal of the canon of a combative twentieth century writer who, as Lewis Grassic Gibbon, has attained a popularity unparalleled in his native Scotland, and whose fame in recent times has steadily carried to Europe and further afield. Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary sources and making judicious use of contemporary criticism, the author takes a descriptive and analytic approach to his subject, guiding the reader through the major works book by book, including his most highly acclaimed volumes, the novel Sunset Song and the host trilogy A Scots Quair. Mitchell is clearly placed in the political and cultural context of inter-war Britain and more broadly within a contemporary setting yielding timeless resonances in radical political and philosophical thinking. Finally, the author hails the revolutionary achievement of a true modernist whose verve and trenchancy firmly establish him among the foremost fiction writers of the twentieth century. The book includes an accurate and up-to-date Biographical Outline as well as a full Bibliography of the primary and secondary works. It's companion book, Lewis Grassic Gibbon The Reader containing a selection of fiction and non-fiction all thoroughly referenced and classified is published at the same time.
Available from 7 March 2016
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