James Hogg : a life / Gillian Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, Gillian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, Scottish--19th century--Biography.

Authors, Scottish.

Hogg, James, 1770-1835.

Hogg, James.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2007]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

James Hogg's life-story is one of extraordinary transitions and in his own lifetime he was best known as a heaven-inspired and naive Scottish rustic who featured as the boozing buffoon of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.In his own fascinating Memoir this notoriously open-hearted man was curiously reticent about certain passages in his life. He was a man of apparent contradictions: a partisan Tory with Radical friends; an upholder of oral tradition who eagerly embraced every new development in early nineteenth-century print culture; a man who wrote against biographical intrusions yet in his own life writing, stories and poems emphasised his persona and origins as the Ettrick Shepherd. His formidable intelligence and drive were seldom acknowledged, and his most challenging work disturbed conventional readerly preconceptions. Key FeaturesDocuments a life from ragged boy cowherd to famous author.Gives due weight to the neglected parts of Hogg's story for the first time.Draws extensively on Hogg's correspondence and a rich archive of documentary material.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Contents

Illustrations

Chapter One: The Days of Vision

Chapter Two: The Broken Ground

Chapter Three: The Cause of Liberty

Chapter Four: Of Minstrel Honours

Chapter Five: Ingenious Lies

Chapter Six: The Hard-Earned Sma’ Propine

Chapter Seven: The Glee of the City

Chapter Eight: Man of the Mountains

Epilogue

Sources and Abbreviations

Reference Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [310]-335) and index.

ISBN:

0-7486-2868-1

OCLC:

1312725796