The Edinburgh Companion to James Hogg

Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature

by Ian Duncan (Editor), Douglas S. Mack (Editor)

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 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.

Genres: Scotland

200 pages, Hardcover

First published July 31, 2011

About the author

Ian Duncan studied at King's College, Cambridge (B.A., 1977) and Yale University (Ph.D., 1989), and taught for several years in the Yale English department, before being appointed Barbara and Carlisle Moore Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Oregon in 1995.

Reviews

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read intro, chapters 8 & 14

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

Broad-ranging but ultimately a bit dry for me, as someone who has only read his "Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner". The essays on his arguments with Scott, and his navigating through the publishing business of the day were interesting.