le . ▁The ▁Scottish ▁literary ▁Renaissance ▁attempted ▁to ▁introduce ▁modern ism ▁into ▁art ▁and ▁create ▁of ▁a ▁distinct ive ▁national ▁literature . ▁It ▁increasing ly ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁novel . ▁Major ▁figures ▁included ▁Neil ▁G unn , ▁George ▁Bla ke , ▁A . ▁J . ▁C ron in , ▁Eric ▁Link l ater ▁and ▁Lewis ▁Gr ass ic ▁Gib bon . ▁There ▁were ▁also ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁female ▁authors ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁movement , ▁who ▁included ▁Catherine ▁C ars well , ▁W illa ▁Mu ir , ▁Nan ▁She ph erd ▁and ▁Na omi ▁Mitch ison . ▁Many ▁major ▁Scottish ▁post - war ▁novel ists , ▁such ▁as ▁Robin ▁Jenkins , ▁Jess ie ▁K ess on , ▁Mur iel ▁Spark , ▁Alexander ▁Tro c chi ▁and ▁James ▁Ken na way ▁spent ▁most ▁of ▁their ▁lives ▁outside ▁Scotland , ▁but ▁often ▁de alt ▁with ▁Scottish ▁them es . ▁Success ful ▁mass - market ▁works ▁included ▁the ▁action ▁nov els ▁of ▁Al ist air ▁Mac Le an ▁and ▁the ▁historical ▁fiction ▁of ▁Dor othy ▁Dun nett . ▁A ▁younger ▁generation ▁of ▁novel ists ▁that ▁emer ged ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁included ▁All an ▁Mass ie , ▁Sh ena ▁Mack ay ▁and ▁Alan ▁Sp ence . ▁Working ▁class ▁identity ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁expl ored ▁by ▁Arch ie ▁H ind , ▁Alan ▁Sh arp , ▁George ▁Fri el ▁and ▁William ▁Mc Il van ney . ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁Scottish ▁literature