▁into ▁Sc ots ▁from ▁the ▁German ▁and ▁Dan ish ▁ball ad ▁trad itions ▁into ▁Sc ots . ▁Writ ers ▁who ▁reflected ▁urban ▁contemporary ▁Sc ots ▁included ▁Douglas ▁D unn , ▁Tom ▁Leonard ▁and ▁L iz ▁L och head . ▁The ▁Scottish ▁Renaissance ▁increasing ly ▁concentr ated ▁on ▁the ▁novel . ▁George ▁Bla ke ▁pione ered ▁the ▁expl oration ▁of ▁the ▁experiences ▁of ▁the ▁working ▁class . ▁Lewis ▁Gr ass ic ▁Gib bon ▁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 . ▁Other ▁writers ▁that ▁investig ated ▁the ▁working ▁class ▁included ▁James ▁Bar ke ▁and ▁J . ▁F . ▁Hend ry . ▁From ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁Scottish ▁literature ▁enjoyed ▁another ▁major ▁rev ival , ▁particularly ▁associated ▁with ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁Glasgow ▁writers ▁that ▁included ▁Al as da ir ▁Gray ▁and ▁James ▁Kel man ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁first ▁novel ists ▁to ▁fully ▁util ise ▁a ▁working ▁class ▁Sc ots ▁voice ▁as ▁the ▁main ▁narr ator . ▁Ir v ine ▁Wel sh ▁and ▁Alan ▁Warner ▁both ▁made ▁use ▁of ▁vern ac ular ▁language ▁including ▁ex ple t ives ▁and ▁Sc ots ▁dialect . ▁ ▁Background ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁Middle ▁A ges , ▁Middle ▁Sc ots , ▁often ▁simply ▁called ▁English , ▁became ▁the ▁dominant ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁country . ▁It ▁was ▁derived ▁largely ▁from ▁Old ▁English , ▁with ▁the ▁addition ▁of ▁elements ▁from ▁G ael ic ▁and ▁French . ▁Although ▁res emb ling