Talk:David Lindsay (novelist)
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Your "disambiguation" page calls him Scottish. Which is it? --squadfifteen
I rewrote the article to make this clearer. Although Lindsay was not, of course, Scottish, his family was and he spent much of his childhood in Scotland. Moreover, his influences (Norse mythology, the "Scottish Calvinist" tradition of fantasy (George McDonald, Robert Louis Stevenson, "Confessions of a Justified Sinner") etc. were clearly Scottish.
The main reason for considering him Scottish is that he has nothing to do with the rest of English Literature. He looks (slightly) less weird when considered to be Scottish.
I'm not entirely certain why the reference to Colin Wilson's "The Haunted Man" has been removed as spam - the book does exist. Agingjb (talk) 07:39, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
"Although Lindsay was not, of course, Scottish, his family was and he spent much of his childhood in Scotland." So, in other words, you're going to call him Scottish even though you freely admit he wasn't Scottish. Only on Wikipedia can one get away with this type of nonsense. The guy isn't Scottish and shouldn't be referred to as such. Precisely none of the justifications you provide are sufficient to claim that a man born in England, who lived in England almost his entire life and who died in England, is somehow "Scottish". He is Scottish because he was influenced by Scottish writers? Give me a break. George Lucas was influenced greatly by Akira Kurosawa. I guess we better starting referring to Lucas as Japanese, despite the fact he was born in California. And yes that example is no more silly than a claim that an Englishman is Scottish because he was influenced by Scottish authors. Moreover, it is anyone's guess how "Norse mythology" is "clearly Scottish". In closing I will again quote you:" Although Lindsay WAS NOT, of course, Scottish..."(emphasis mine). Enough said. 74.215.219.209 (talk) 19:59, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
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