This edition includes both the original version, written as a contribution to a Scott biography planned by a young London friend of Hogg's, and a revised version created subsequently for an American market. Those with an interest in Romantic biography and autobiography will be particularly fascinated by these lively, readable, idiosyncratic and disconcerting texts.
A wealth of information is provided in the paperback edition of this volume, which also includes a useful Hogg chronology and reading list.
From reviews of the hardback edition
'What makes this in the end fascinating and compelling reading is that Hogg does not present us with a balanced and distanced account of someone else's life but rather opens up to us a particularly interesting relationship between two people, a relationship which attracts our attention because, like real-life relationships, it is not without its ups and downs, its tensions and disturbances... Jill Rubenstein's excellent introduction to these texts provides us, amongst other things, with a balanced and perceptive account of the two writers' complex relationship "the tribute of one remarkable man to another, both flawed and both admirable, living in a remarkable time."' Scottish Studies Review
'The editorial task has been undertaken with a peculiar degree of commitment and with a determination that a long-postponed duty towards James Hogg will nowbe undertaken with a thoroughness which should stand the test of time.' Studies in Scottish Literature
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This edition includes both the original version, written as a contribution to a Scott biography planned by a young London friend of Hogg's, and a revised version created subsequently for an American market. Those with an interest in Romantic biography and autobiography will be particularly fascinated by these lively, readable, idiosyncratic and disconcerting texts.
A wealth of information is provided in the paperback edition of this volume, which also includes a useful Hogg chronology and reading list.
From reviews of the hardback edition
'What makes this in the end fascinating and compelling reading is that Hogg does not present us with a balanced and distanced account of someone else's life but rather opens up to us a particularly interesting relationship between two people, a relationship which attracts our attention because, like real-life relationships, it is not without its ups and downs, its tensions and disturbances... Jill Rubenstein's excellent introduction to these texts provides us, amongst other things, with a balanced and perceptive account of the two writers' complex relationship "the tribute of one remarkable man to another, both flawed and both admirable, living in a remarkable time."' Scottish Studies Review
'The editorial task has been undertaken with a peculiar degree of commitment and with a determination that a long-postponed duty towards James Hogg will nowbe undertaken with a thoroughness which should stand the test of time.' Studies in Scottish Literature
Imprint | Edinburgh University Press |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | The Collected Works of James Hogg |
Release date | December 2004 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | December 2004 |
Authors | James Hogg |
Editors | Jill Rubenstein |
Dimensions | 216 x 138 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 224 |
Edition | New Ed |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7486-2085-2 |
Barcode | 9780748620852 |
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LSN | 0-7486-2085-0 |