The Edinburgh Companion to James Hogg

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.

“With this volume, edited by the late Douglas Mack (whose work launched the great Hogg edition) and Ian Duncan, the firepower of the critics ensures that Hogg is given a thorough re-evaluation, with critial guidance, with further reading, and with (in Gillian Hughes' elegant coda) a quick tour of the effect Hogg has had on recent Scottish writing”

--Ian Campbell "University of Edinburgh Journal, XLV, No 4"
The book is beautifully produced [...]. No doubt those who edited and contributed to this magnificient book, and have already done so much to ensure that Hogg is no longer a second-tier author.--Antony Hasler "Studies in Hogg and his World: Number 23, 2013"
This Companion covers [Hogg's] entire career, and...should do much to broaden awareness of what a complex, fascinating writer Hogg was...[it] sent me back to Hogg with fresh eyes and a sharper mind--Stuart Kelly "The Scotsman"

Ian Duncan studied at King's College, Cambridge, and Yale University; he is Florence Green Boxby Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Modern Romance and Transformations of the Novel (1992), Scott's Shadow: The Novel in Romantic Edinburgh (2007), and editions of works by Walter Scott and James Hogg. He is a General Editor of the Collected Works of James Hogg. The late Douglas S. Mack was formerly Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Stirling.

AUTHOR-APPROVED COVER COPY[Add Series blurb as per series style]The Edinburgh Companion to James HoggEdited by Ian Duncan and Douglas S. MackThe first comprehensive guide to the works and worlds of controversial Scottish Romantic author James Hogg.James Hogg (1770-1835) is increasingly recognised as a major Scottish author and as 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: The only work of its kind available, or likely to be available, for the foreseeable future An essential port of entry to the study of Hogg for scholars, students and general readers Provides 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/ Contributions are written by an international team of scholars, including nearly all the major figures in Hogg studiesIan Duncan is Florence Green Bixby Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, and a General Editor of the Collected Works of James Hogg. His books include /Scott's Shadow: The Novel in Romantic Edinburgh/ (2007) and editions of fiction by Scott and Hogg, including /Winter Evening Tales/ and /Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner/.The late Douglas S. Mack was formerly Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Stirling. The founding General Editor of the Stirling / South Carolina Research Edition of the Collected Works of James Hog

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.

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