Neil Gunn was one of the principal writers of the Scottish Literary Renaissance movement, the earlytwentieth century flowering of modernist literature in Scotland. Although some commentators have noticed the frequent mentions of psychoanalysis in his work, until now no wider study has been undertaken. In this thesis, I look at Gunn's interest in psychoanalysis in a number of different ways. This is down with the two-fold aim of first, providing a modern assessment of Gunn's work, and second, examining more broadly the history of modernism in Scottish literature. In the introduction, I propose an understanding of modernism based on the literary exploration of new theories of, in this case the mind. I argue that a complex understanding of the interplay of these new theories and literature serves better than a more simple concern with either intellectual developments or changes in literary form alone. In the first section, I look at Sun Circle and The Serpent in the light of psychoanalytic theories of 'primitive' psychology and the history of religion. In the second, I look at Highland River and The Silver Darlings in the light of Freudian and Jungian theories of personal development, regression, and childhood. In the third, I look at the way in which Gunn explores Freud's theories of the warring life- and deathinstincts in both The Shadow and The Lost Chart. I conclude by looking briefly at how Gunn's literary explorations of psychoanalysis link with the work of later writers such as Muriel Spark, Robin Jenkins, Alexander Trocchi, Alasdair Gray, Kenneth White and Alan Spence.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2003. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 218-226). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-70).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 2003. / Adviser: Lee Edelman. Submitted to the Dept. of English Literature. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 205-213). Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;

Thesis (Ph.D.). / Written for the Dept. of English. Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2008/08/05). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kent State University, 2007. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Mar. 19, 2009). Advisor: Robert W. Trogdon. Keywords: midwestern literature, midwest, regionalism, modernism. Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-197).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 200-205). Also available online in PDF format via the World Wide Web; System requirement: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 130-134).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-86).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-67).