To navigate to each chapter, click on Contents and use the drop-down menu, or click on the chapter headings below:

1. Beginnings

2. Two  Mediaeval Makars

3. Drama, Politics and Religion

4. King James VI and Court Poetry

5. Baroque and Plain: the 17th Century

6. The Vernacular Revival

7. Sir Walter Scott and the Transformation of Modern Scotland

8. The Novel and Social Change: John Galt’s The Annals of the Parish

9. Scottish Gothic

10. To the Kailyard…and Beyond!