Of Me and Others
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Of Me and Others

1952–2019

  1. 480 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Of Me and Others

1952–2019

About this book

In this frank, playful and typically unorthodox collection of essays, Alasdair Gray tells of how his early life experiences influenced his writing, including the creation of those landmarks of literature, Lanark and 1982, Janine. He details the inspirations behind his many acclaimed artworks and murals, and makes clear how his moral, social and political beliefs and his work are inextricably linked.

Incisive, funny and fired with passion, Of Me and Others is as much about people, place and politics as it is about Gray's own life in art.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. An Epigraph
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. 1987 Middle Age Self Portrait
  8. 2012 Another not Scotland
  9. 1951–2013 Childhood Reading
  10. 1993 Childhood Writing and Mr Meikle
  11. 1952 Two Whitehill School Magazine Essays
  12. 1957 Epic Painting: Art School Thesis
  13. 1959 A Report to The Trustees
  14. 1960 World of 4 To 7: Teaching College Thesis
  15. 1964 Apology for My Recent Death
  16. 1969 Instead of An Apology
  17. 1973 Of Bill Skinner, Small Thistle
  18. 1974 A Retrospective Catalogue – Introduction
  19. 1975 Of Gable-End Murals – A Letter
  20. 1975 New Lanark Craft Community
  21. 1977 Writers Groups and A Resident’s Report
  22. 1978 Of Joan Ure: Playwright
  23. 1981 Lanark: Epilogue
  24. 1982 Two Wee Articles
  25. 1983 Modest Proposal for Bypassing a Predicament
  26. 1984 1982 Janine: Epilogue
  27. 1985 Of Alasdair Taylor, Painter
  28. 1985 Of R. D. Laing
  29. 1986 Of Scottie Wilson
  30. 1986 Five Glasgow Artists Show: Catalogue Essay
  31. 1986 Of John Glashan – A Letter
  32. 1988 Of Ian Hamilton Finlay – A Letter
  33. 1989 A Radio Talk on Allegory for Scottish Schools
  34. 1990 Of Elspeth King – A Friend Unfairly Treated
  35. 1990 Mcgrotty and Ludmilla: Epilogue
  36. 1990 Preface to J. Withers’ Glasgow Archipelago
  37. 1990 Something Leather: Epilogue
  38. 1990 Of Pierre Lavalle – Catalogue Introduction
  39. 1991 Of Andrew Sykes – Short Story Postscript
  40. 1991 The Fall of Kelvin Walker: Introduction
  41. 1992 Poor Things: Acknowledgements, Prologue
  42. 1993 Of Anthony Burgess – Obituary
  43. 1994 Of Jack Vettriano
  44. 1995 Lean Tales: Postscript
  45. 1996 Of Bill MacLellan – Obituary
  46. 1997 Working Legs: How This Play Got Written
  47. 1999 Preface to Books of Jonah, Micah & Nahum
  48. 2000 The Book of Prefaces: Postscript
  49. 2000 16 Occasional Verses: Endnotes
  50. 2003 Fifteenth February
  51. 2004 Of Susan Boyd – Obituary
  52. 2004 The Declaration of Calton Hill
  53. 2004 Introduction to The Knuckle End
  54. 2005 Of Philip Hobsbaum – Obituary
  55. 2006 Self Portraiture
  56. 2006 New Kelvingrove
  57. 2007 London Won’t Let Us
  58. 2008 Of Archie Hind – Dear Green Place Epilogue
  59. 2008 FLECK: Postscript
  60. 2009 Old Men In Love: Epilogue by S. Workman
  61. 2009 An Upper Clyde Falls Mural
  62. 2012 Hillhead Subway Station Mural
  63. 2013 Of John Connolly – Obituary
  64. 2013 Of Will Self
  65. 2013 Of Bill Hamilton
  66. 2018 Hell: Dante’s Trilogy Part 1: Foreword
  67. Last Epigraph