▁and ▁Robert ▁Williams ▁Buch an an ' s ▁( 1 8 4 1 – 1 9 0 1 ) ▁Ball ad ▁St ories ▁of ▁the ▁Aff e ctions ▁( 1 8 6 6 ). ▁ ▁Tw enti eth - century ▁r ena issance ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁tw enti eth ▁century ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁new ▁sur ge ▁of ▁activity ▁in ▁Scottish ▁literature , ▁influenced ▁by ▁modern ism ▁and ▁res urg ent ▁national ism , ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Scottish ▁Renaissance . ▁The ▁leading ▁figure ▁in ▁the ▁movement ▁was ▁Hugh ▁Mac Di arm id ▁( the ▁pseud onym ▁of ▁Christopher ▁Murray ▁Gr ieve , ▁ 1 8 9 2 – 1 9 7 8 ). ▁Mac Di arm id ▁attempted ▁to ▁rev ive ▁the ▁Sc ots ▁language ▁as ▁a ▁medium ▁for ▁serious ▁literature ▁in ▁po etic ▁works ▁including ▁" A ▁Dr unk ▁Man ▁Looks ▁at ▁the ▁Th ist le " ▁( 1 9 3 6 ), ▁developing ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁Syn th etic ▁Sc ots ▁that ▁combined ▁different ▁regional ▁dialect s ▁and ▁arch a ic ▁terms . ▁Other ▁writers ▁that ▁emer ged ▁in ▁this ▁period , ▁and ▁are ▁often ▁treated ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁movement , ▁include ▁the ▁po ets ▁Ed win ▁Mu ir ▁( 1 8 8 7 – 1 9 5 9 ) ▁and ▁William ▁S out ar ▁( 1 8 9 8 – 1 9 4 3 ), ▁who ▁purs ued ▁an ▁expl oration ▁of ▁identity , ▁reject ing ▁nost alg ia ▁and ▁par och ial ism ▁and ▁eng aging ▁with ▁social