James Hogg (1770-1835) is increasingly recognised as a major
Scottish author and one of the most original figures in European
Romanticism. 16 essays written by international experts on Hogg
draw on recent breakthroughs in research to illuminate the contexts
and debates that helped to shape his writings. The book provides an
indispensable guide to Hogg's life and worlds, his publishing
history, reception and reputation, his treatments of politics,
religion, nationality, social class, sexuality and gender, and the
diverse literary forms - ballads, songs, poems, drama, short
stories, novels, periodicals - in which he wrote. Key Features: *
Thorough coverage of the whole of Hogg's works, career and
contexts, as well as detailed considerations of his most famous
work, Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner * The
contributors are all major figures in Hogg studies and include
editors of the definitive Stirling South Carolina Research Edition
of the Collected Works of James Hogg, including Caroline
McCracken-Flesher (Wyoming), Hans de Groot (Toronto), Penny
Fielding(Edinburgh), Peter Garside (Edinburgh) and Gillian Hughes.
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