aging ▁with ▁social ▁and ▁political ▁issues . ▁Phys ician ▁A . ▁J . ▁C ron in ▁is ▁now ▁often ▁seen ▁as ▁sentiment al , ▁but ▁his ▁early ▁work , ▁particularly ▁his ▁first ▁novel ▁H atter ' s ▁Castle ▁( 1 9 3 1 ) ▁and ▁his ▁most ▁successful ▁The ▁Cit adel ▁( 1 9 3 7 ) ▁were ▁a ▁deliber ate ▁reaction ▁against ▁the ▁K aily ard ▁tradition , ▁expos ing ▁the ▁hard ships ▁and ▁vic iss itudes ▁of ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁ordinary ▁people , ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁translated ▁Scottish ▁author ▁in ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century . ▁George ▁Bla ke ▁pione ered ▁the ▁expl oration ▁of ▁the ▁experiences ▁of ▁the ▁working ▁class ▁in ▁his ▁major ▁works ▁such ▁as ▁The ▁Sh ip build ers ▁( 1 9 3 5 ). ▁Eric ▁Link l ater ▁produced ▁com ed ies ▁of ▁the ▁abs urd ▁including ▁Juan ▁in ▁America ▁( 1 9 3 1 ) ▁dealing ▁with ▁prohib ition ▁America , ▁and ▁a ▁critique ▁of ▁modern ▁war ▁in ▁Private ▁Ang elo ▁( 1 9 4 6 ). ▁Lewis ▁Gr ass ic ▁Gib bon , ▁the ▁pseud onym ▁of ▁James ▁Les lie ▁Mitchell , ▁produced ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁real is ations ▁of ▁the ▁ideas ▁of ▁the ▁Scottish ▁Renaissance ▁in ▁his ▁tr il ogy ▁A ▁Sc ots ▁Qu air ▁( S un set ▁Song , ▁ 1 9 3 2 , ▁Cloud ▁How e , ▁ 1 9 3 3 ▁and ▁Grey ▁Gran ite , ▁ 1 9 3 4 ), ▁which ▁mixed ▁different ▁Sc