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Assoc for Scottish Literature

Dr David Goldie discusses LAIDLAW, William McIlvanney’s first detective novel – video from our 2018 Schools Conference

3/9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOA8S5_rq2M&list=PLEP9HxY4X7WZwMUjyxVcQZ8J2K1gp3_Nh

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #WilliamMcIlvanney #CrimeFiction #TartanNoir

Assoc for Scottish Literature

@scotlit@mastodon.scot replied · last month

Tartan Noir, or, Hard-Boiled Heidegger

Prof Matt Wickman asks, What does William McIlvanney’s LAIDLAW tell us about the literary tradition within which it is embedded? & how might the novel help us conceptualise the political state of Scotland?

4/9

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/free-publications/tartan_noir/

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #WilliamMcIlvanney #CrimeFiction #TartanNoir #Heidegger #philosophy #politics

Book cover, resembling a 1950s pulp.

The image shows Heidegger's face; we can only see one of his eyes as he stares out of the shadows. The words

TARTAN NOIR

are written above his head, in a yellow-and-brown plaid pattern. Below his chin the text reads

or, HARD-BOILED HEIDEGGER

The author's name is Matthew Wickman — Book cover, resembling a 1950s pulp. The image shows Heidegger's face; we can only see one of his eyes as he stares out of the shadows. The words TARTAN NOIR are written above his head, in a yellow-and-brown plaid pattern. Below his chin the text reads or, HARD-BOILED HEIDEGGER The author's name is Matthew Wickman

Assoc for Scottish Literature

@scotlit@mastodon.scot · last month

The real deal: How William McIlvanney transformed Scottish fiction

“If there is a direct line from the so-called ‘Kailyard’ writers of the late 19th century […] to the playful savagery of Irvine Welsh and the still rising body-count of ‘tartan noir’, then at its midpoint stands William McIlvanney.”

Brian Morton profiles William McIlvanney for BBC Arts

2/9

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1yvXjdWM7lsQNjpNB024ZPC/the-real-deal-how-william-mcilvanney-transformed-scottish-fiction

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #WilliamMcIlvanney #CrimeFiction #TartanNoir

Assoc for Scottish Literature

@scotlit@mastodon.scot replied · last month

Dr David Goldie discusses LAIDLAW, William McIlvanney’s first detective novel – video from our 2018 Schools Conference

3/9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOA8S5_rq2M&list=PLEP9HxY4X7WZwMUjyxVcQZ8J2K1gp3_Nh

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #WilliamMcIlvanney #CrimeFiction #TartanNoir

Assoc for Scottish Literature

@scotlit@mastodon.scot · last month

“Scottishness is not some pedigree lineage. This is a mongrel tradition!”

William McIlvanney (1936–2015) – author & poet (& provider, at a rally in Edinburgh in 1992, of our profile header, as quoted in Neal Ascherson’s 2002 book STONE VOICES) – was born #OTD, 25 November

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1/9

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #WilliamMcIlvanney #Scottishness #identity

And then, in a tone of tremendous pride, he said this. “Scottishness is not some pedigree lineage. This is a mongrel tradition!” At those words, for reasons which perhaps neither he nor they ever quite understood, the crowd broke into cheers and applause which lasted on and on.

Assoc for Scottish Literature

@scotlit@mastodon.scot replied · last month

The real deal: How William McIlvanney transformed Scottish fiction

Brian Morton profiles William McIlvanney for BBC Arts

2/9

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1yvXjdWM7lsQNjpNB024ZPC/the-real-deal-how-william-mcilvanney-transformed-scottish-fiction

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #WilliamMcIlvanney #CrimeFiction #TartanNoir