The Scottish Sixties

Reviews / Votes

"This collection of essays is a long overdue account of the impact of the 1960s on Scottish literature, film, art, television and music. The authors bring to the project an expertise in a range of fields in order to critically examine some of the myths and counter-myths of this seminal decade. [...] The volume is a welcome addition to the historiography of the 1960s. There is much detail, nuance and complexity in the way in which each author reconstructs a sense of time, place, identity, movement and conflict." - Keith Gildart, University of Wolverhampton, in: Northern Scotland 7.1 (2016), pp. 121-124

"[...] we can be grateful for this survey of the decade's tensions and developments, its passionate encounters between the generations - so well embodied in the startling illustration which adorns its cover" - David Robb, University of Dundee, in: The Bottle Imp 2014 [Full review]

"The fifteen essays collected in The Scottish Sixties vividly and authoritatively map out the key events and figures through which Scotland was plugged into international artistic, cultural and social changes.There are engaging portraits of iconic individuals such as Tom McGrath (in interview with Bartie), Hamish Henderson (Corey Gibson), Ian Hamilton Finlay (Tom Normand and others) and Edwin Morgan (James McGonigal and others); and of lesserknown figures such as Margaret Tait (Duncan Petrie), D.M. Black and Kenneth Whyte (Roderick Watson)." - Greg Thomas, University of Edinburgh, in: Studies in Scottish Literature 40:1 (2014), pp. 235-240 [Full review]