The Collected Letters of James Hogg: 1832-1835 v. 3 (The Collected Works of James Hogg): 1832 to 1835 (The Stirling / South Carolina Research Edition of the Collected Works of James Hogg) - Hardcover

James Hogg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0748616756 ISBN 13: 9780748616756

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2008

Synopsis

The third and final volume of the first collected edition of Hogg's letters reveals his versatility in old age. In 1832 he visits London for the first time and becomes the literary lion of the season. As communications improve in the early 1830s he explores the possibility of writing for American periodicals, and deals (mostly) gracefully with the various claims made on his time as a celebrity author. The loss of old friends is compensated for by a circle of young admirers and protégés, and Hogg turns an acutely observant eye on an age of cheap periodicals and of political reform. A full editorial apparatus includes biographical notes on his chief correspondents and an overview of this phase of his life. The volume also contains an index to all three volumes of this complete edition of Hogg's letters.

About this title

About the Authors

James Hogg was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English. He is best known for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner.

Gillian Hughes, Independent Scholar, has been a General Editor of the Stirling/South Carolina Research Edition of the Collected Works of James Hogg, and is currently an advisory editor for the Edinburgh Edition of Walter Scott’s Poetry and for the New Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. She has published critical editions of works by each of these writers, and also a biography of James Hogg.

From the Back Cover

The Collected Letters of James Hogg Volume 3: 1832-1835 Edited by Gillian Hughes, Associate Editors Douglas S. Mack, Robin MacLachlan, and Elaine Petrie The third and final volume of the first collected edition of Hogg's letters reveals his versatility in old age. In 1832 he visits London for the first time and becomes the literary lion of the season. As communications improve in the early 1830s he explores the possibility of writing for American periodicals, and deals (mostly) gracefully with the various claims made on his time as a celebrity author. The loss of old friends is compensated for by a circle of young admirers and protégés, and Hogg turns an acutely observant eye on an age of cheap periodicals and of political reform. A full editorial apparatus includes biographical notes on his chief correspondents and an overview of this phase of his life. The volume also contains an index to all three volumes of this complete edition of Hogg's letters. Gillian Hughes is the author of the biography, James Hogg: A Life (2007) and editor of the journal Studies in Hogg and his World. She is a General Editor of the Stirling/South Carolina Edition, and has edited or co-edited seven previous volumes in the series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748616756
• ISBN 13: 9780748616756
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 450
• Editor: Gillian Hughes