After Scott's death in 1832 James Hogg wrote an affectionate but
frank account of their long friendship. Scott's son-in-law and
official biographer, John Gibson Lockhart, declared himself to be
filled with 'utter disgust and loathing' at the 'beastly and
abominable things' he found it to contain.
This edition includes both the original version, written as a
contribution to a Scott biography planned by a young London friend
of Hogg's, and a revised version created subsequently for an
American market. Those with an interest in Romantic biography and
autobiography will be particularly fascinated by these lively,
readable, idiosyncratic and disconcerting texts.
A wealth of information is provided in the paperback edition of
this volume, which also includes a useful Hogg chronology and
reading list.
From reviews of the hardback edition
'What makes this in the end fascinating and compelling reading
is that Hogg does not present us with a balanced and distanced
account of someone else's life but rather opens up to us a
particularly interesting relationship between two people, a
relationship which attracts our attention because, like real-life
relationships, it is not without its ups and downs, its tensions
and disturbances... Jill Rubenstein's excellent introduction to
these texts provides us, amongst other things, with a balanced and
perceptive account of the two writers' complex relationship "the
tribute of one remarkable man to another, both flawed and both
admirable, living in a remarkable time."' Scottish Studies
Review
'The editorial task has been undertaken with a peculiar degree
of commitment and with a determination that a long-postponed duty
towards James Hogg will nowbe undertaken with a thoroughness which
should stand the test of time.' Studies in Scottish Literature
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