This is one of Hogg's longest and also one of his most original and
daring works. Gillian Hughes's uncovering of the original
manuscript in the Fales Library of New York University in August
2001 allows the editors to produce here a text that reflects Hogg's
original intentions. Alongside the two main plots (the supernatural
located at Aikwood Castle and the chivalric located at Roxburgh
Castle) a series of embedded narratives provides the reader with,
amongst other things, pictures of the traditional and timeless
world of rural life in which Hogg had grown up and of early
Scottish history. The name Sir Walter Scott (used through most of
the manuscript) is restored along with passages excised from the
manuscript or omitted when the printed edition was prepared and in
several cases Hogg's more daringly explicit language has been
brought back where the printed edition has bowdlerised or subdued
the expression. The restoration of the name in particular makes
explicit how much this novel represents a challenge to Scott's
dominance in the portrayal of chivalry and the Middle Ages in
general. Any attempt to assess Hogg as a major novelist, and in
particular as a major historical novelist, must consider this
edition of The Three Perils of Man.
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