Poetry Books by James Hogg
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Published Date: 1997
Categories: Country life
re-positioning at the centre of nineteenth-century Scottish literary-critical scrutiny over the past few years.' Susan Manning, Eighteenth-Century Scotland --Book Jacket.
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Published Date: 2008
Categories: Authors, Scottish
The third and final volume of the first collected edition of Hogg's letters reveals his versatility in old age. In 1832 he visits London for the first time and becomes the literary lion of the season. As communications improve in the early 1830s he explores the possibility of writing for American periodicals, and deals (mostly) gracefully with the various claims made on his time as a celebrity author. The loss of old friends is compensated for by a circle of young admirers and proteges, and Hogg turns an acutely observant eye on an age of cheap periodicals and of political reform.A full editorial apparatus includes biographical notes on his chief correspondents and an overview of this phase of his life. The volume also contains an index to all three volumes of this complete edition of Hogg's letters.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published Date: 1995
Categories: Country life
re-positioning at the centre of nineteenth-century Scottish literary-critical scrutiny over the past few years.' Susan Manning, Eighteenth-Century Scotland --Book Jacket.
Publisher: Hume Papers on Public Policy
Published Date: 1995
Categories: Fiction
In Tales of the Wars of Montrose Hogg continues his examination of Scotland's past. Using different narrators and different moods in each of the five tales that comprise the work, Hogg leads the reader into (and eventually out of) a state of anarchy and confusion in his native country.
Publisher: NuVision Publications, LLC
Published Date: 1824
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Considered in turn a Gothic novel, a psychological case study of an unreliable narrator, and an examination of totalitarian thought, the ultimately unclassifiable novel is set in a pseudo-Christian world of angels, devils, and demonic possession. It has been the subject of increasing critical attention in recent years, and has received wide acclaim for its probing quest into the nature of religious fanaticism and Calvinist predestination. It is written in English, with Scots appearing mainly in dialogue.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published Date: 2004
Categories: Literary Collections
The letters in the second volume of Gillian Hughes's pioneering edition vividly reflect Hogg's varied social experience and shed new light on his own writings and those of his contemporaries. His correspondents included major writers such as Scott and Byron, politicians such as Sir Robert Peel, and publishers such as John Murray and William Blackwood. But there are also letters to shepherds, farmers, aristocrats, musicians, young ladies, and bluestockings.In this meticulous and thoroughly researched edition, Hogg's entertaining and informative letters are illuminatingly placed in context by an editorial apparatus that includes full annotation and biographical notes on Hogg's chief correspondents."
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published Date: 1998
Categories: Poetry
"Queen Hynde, " Hogg's favorite among his poems has been described as an alternative version of Macpherson's Ossian poem "Fingal, "with comedy and religion added. Saint Columba, a key figure in the religious history of Scotland, is one of the main characters.
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published Date: 2006-05-25
Categories: Fiction
Brought up by a strict Calvinist pastor, Robert Wringham believes he is one of the elect, predestined for salvation while all others - including his real father and brother - are cursed. Convinced he is indestructible and above the law, Robert commits terrible crimes under the influence of Gil-Martin - his physical double - who claims they are acting in God's name to purify the world. But does this mysterious tempter actually exist? Could he be an agent of the devil? Subversive and unsettling, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824) is a compelling psychological depiction of religious bigotry and the seductive effects of power on a tormented soul.
