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Book SynopsisJames 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.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Series Editors' Preface; Brief Biography of James Hogg - Ian Duncan; Introduction: Hogg and his Worlds - Ian Duncan; 1. Hogg, Ettrick, and Oral Tradition - Valentina Bold and Suzanne Gilbert; 2. Hogg and the Book Trade - Peter Garside; 3. Magazines, Annuals and the Press - Gillian Hughes; 4. Hogg's Reception and Reputation - Suzanne Gilbert; 5. Hogg and the Highlands - Hans de Groot; 6. Hogg and Working-Class Writing - Sharon Alker and Holly Faith Nelson; 7. Politics and the Presbyterian Tradition - Douglas S. Mack; 8. Hogg and Nationality - Caroline McCracken-Flesher; 9. Hogg, Gender, and Sexuality - Silvia Mergenthal; 10. Hogg and Music - Kirsteen McCue; 11. Hogg as Poet - Fiona Wilson; 12. Hogg and the Theatre - Meiko O'Halloran; 13. Hogg and the Short Story - John Plotz; 14. Hogg and the Novel - Graham Tulloch; 15. Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner: Approaches - Penny Fielding; 16. Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner: Afterlives - Gillian Hughes; Endnotes; Further Reading; Notes on Contributors; Index.
