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The Letters of James Hogg: v. I: 1800-1819

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Description for The Letters of James Hogg: v. I: 1800-1819 Hardback. The first ever edition of Hogg's letters to be published, featuring Hogg's correspondence with figures such as Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron and Sir Robert Peel. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian; Mack, Douglas S.; MacLachlan, Robin; Petrie, Elaine. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 490 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 164 x 41. Weight in Grams: 974.
Hogg was a superb letter-writer, and this is the initial volume of the first collected edition of his letters (to be completed in three volumes). Many of the letters have never been published before, or published only in part. They vividly reflect Hogg's varied social experience and shed new light on his own writings and those of his contemporaries. Among his famous correspondents were writers such as Scott, Byron, and Southey, antiquarians such as Robert Surtees, politicians such as Sir Robert Peel, and editors and publishers such as John Murray, William Blackwood, and Robert Chambers. But there are also letters ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
490
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Series
The Collected Works of James Hogg
Condition
New
Number of Pages
490
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748616718
SKU
V9780748616718
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About James Hogg
Gillian Hughes is the author of the biography James Hogg: A Life (EUP, 2007) and is editor of the journal Studies in Hogg and his World. She has edited or co-edited seven volumes in the Stirling/South Carolina Research Edition of the Collected Works of James Hogg series. The late Douglas S. Mack was formerly Professor Emeritus of English at ... Read more

Reviews for The Letters of James Hogg: v. I: 1800-1819
The introductory and contextual materials are exemplary, the explanatory notes are astoundingly detailed, and the letters themselves blaze with Hogg's wit, iconoclasm, and ambition! Highly recommended. It is difficult to do justice to the richness of this long volume! What is astonishing is that a complete edition of this corresondence has not been available before. That one should even begin ... Read more

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