The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Stirling/South Carolina Research Edition of the Collected Works of James Hogg): Written by ... Facts and Other Evidence by the Editor - Softcover

Hogg, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0748663150 ISBN 13: 9780748663156

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2002

Synopsis

A TLS International Book of the Year (TLS, Dec 7, 2001) This now-famous book was given a hostile reception when it first appeared in 1824. It was not reprinted until the late 1830s, when a heavily bowdlerised version was included in a posthumous edition of Hogg's collected Tales and Sketches published by Blackie & Son of Glasgow. Thereafter Confessions of a Justified Sinner attracted little interest until the 1890s, when the unbowdlerised text was printed for the first time since the 1820s. However, the current high reputation of Hogg's novel did not fully begin to establish itself until 1947, when a warmly enthusiastic Introduction by Andre Gide appeared in a new edition of the unbowdlerised text. He went on to record how he had read 'this astounding book [!] with a stupefaction and admiration that increased at every page'. Many readers have subsequently shared Gide's enthusiasm, and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is now widely recognised as one of the outstanding British novels of the Romantic era. It has also been acclaimed as one of the defining texts of Scotland, with Iain Crichton Smith recently applauding 'a towering Scottish novel, one of the very greatest of all Scottish books'. Peter Garside's eagerly-awaited new Stirling / South Carolina edition (available in both hardback and paperback) excitingly opens out our understanding of Hogg's masterpiece. Its annotation adds very substantially to the contributions of previous editors, for example by showing various layers of hitherto undetected references. Through an impressive piece of scholarly detective-work, Garside has also uncovered the remarkable story of the first printing of the Justified Sinner and Hogg's battle with his London publishers, Longman, for his subversive and challenging novel to make its first appearance in a form he found satisfactory. This edition provides an illuminating and compelling new account of the genesis of Hogg's masterpiece, and of the cultural, theological, geographical, and historical contexts of this remarkable novel.

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Review:

We are left to our own imaginations and our own devices to piece together what exactly happened in and around the lands of Delcastle in the early 1700s. This, in short, is the essence of Hogg's genius. . . . [Hogg] will take his place beside James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Dostoevsky and D. H. Lawrence. If you have read him, read him again in this new, unedited, and thoroughly annotated version. If you've never read him, you should.

" "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner" retains its place as an astonishing 'classic' of nineteenth-century fiction." -- Rhona Brown, "Scotia"

" The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner retains its place as an astonishing 'classic' of nineteenth-century fiction." -- Rhona Brown, Scotia

" "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner" retains its place as an astonishing 'classic' of nineteenth-century fiction." -- Rhona Brown, "Scotia"

"We are left to our own imaginations and our own devices to piece together what exactly happened in and around the lands of Delcastle in the early 1700s. This, in short, is the essence of Hogg's genius.... [Hogg] will take his place beside James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Dostoevsky and D. H. Lawrence. If you have read him, read him again in this new, unedited, and thoroughly annotated version. If you've never read him, you should." -- Kay Gardner, "AB Bookman's Weekly"

We are left to our own imaginations and our own devices to piece together what exactly happened in and around the lands of Delcastle in the early 1700s. This, in short, is the essence of Hogg's genius.... [Hogg] will take his place beside James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Dostoevsky and D. H. Lawrence. If you have read him, read him again in this new, unedited, and thoroughly annotated version. If you've never read him, you should.--Kay Gardner "AB Bookman's Weekly "

"The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner" retains its place as an astonishing 'classic' of nineteenth-century fiction.--Rhona Brown"Scotia" (01/01/0001)

From the Publisher:

The Broadview Editions series is an effort to represent the ever-changing canon of literature in English by bringing together texts long regarded as classics with valuable, lesser-known literature. Newly type-set and produced on high-quality paper in trade paperback format, the Broadview Editions series is a delight to handle as well as to read.

Each volume includes a full introduction, chronology, bibliography, and explanatory notes along with a variety of documents from the period, giving readers a rich sense of the world from which the work emerged.

About this edition

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0748663150
• ISBN 13: 9780748663156
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Garside Peter