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.
Author(s): Ian Duncan and Douglas S. Mack
Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Year: 2012
Cover
Copyright
Contents
Figures
Acknowledgements
Series Editors’ Preface
Brief Biography of James Hogg
Introduction: Hogg and his Worlds
CHAPTER ONE Hogg, Ettrick, and Oral Tradition
CHAPTER TWO Hogg and the Book Trade
CHAPTER THREE Magazines, Annuals, and the Press
CHAPTER FOUR Hogg’s Reception and Reputation
CHAPTER FIVE Hogg and the Highlands
CHAPTER SIX Hogg and Working-class Writing
CHAPTER SEVEN Hogg’s Politics and the Presbyterian Tradition
CHAPTER EIGHT Hogg and Nationality
CHAPTER NINE Hogg, Gender, and Sexuality
CHAPTER TEN Hogg and Music
CHAPTER ELEVEN Hogg as Poet
CHAPTER TWELVE Hogg and the Theatre
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Hogg and the Short Story
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Hogg and the Novel
CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner: Approaches
CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner: Afterlives
Endnotes
Further Reading
Notes on Contributors
Index
