UID:
almafu_9959245477802883
Format:
1 online resource (201 p.)
ISBN:
1-280-87487-2
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1-78034-864-9
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9786613716187
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0-7486-5514-X
Series Statement:
Edinburgh companions to Scottish literature
Content:
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, peri
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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
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CHAPTER ELEVEN Hogg as PoetCHAPTER 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
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7486-4124-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780748655144
