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A Queer Book
James Hogg
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Description for A Queer Book
Paperback. At first glance this is a witty and comical collection of poems. But the eccentric nature of many of the poems nevertheless belies the often serious historical and moral issues contained within. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian; Mack, Douglas S.; Garside, Peter. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 428.
'It will be a grand book for thae Englishers for they winna understand a word of it' Hogg's boast to William Blackwood Witty, humorous and comical as the title implies, the eccentric nature of many of the poems collected here nevertheless belies the often serious and moral issues contained within. Newly available in paperback, and including many of Hogg's better known longer pieces, the present volume is based on the first edition of A Queer Book to be published since 1832 - though the similarity between the two editions ends with the running order. While the text for the original edition was substantially reworked by the publisher to smooth out Hogg's use of Scots, this volume brings together manuscripts from all over the world to provide material as near to his final copy as possible. The result is a vibrant collection including many poems which have never been studied critically before. A thorough introduction to the best of Hogg's poetry.
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
The Collected Works of James Hogg
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748632916
SKU
V9780748632916
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About James Hogg
P. D. Garside is Professor of Bibliography and Textual Studies, University of Edinburgh and editor of James Hogg's A Queer Book and Walter Scott's Guy Mannering and Waverley.
Reviews for A Queer Book
Peter Garside offers a clear and comprehensive Introduction to the composition of each of the poems and the circumstances of their original publication, together with helpful and unobtrusive annotation of biographical, historical and topographical details relevant to each poem.
G. A. M. Wood Garside's annotations do the poems full justice. [...] this edition represents a valuable and enduring addition to Hogg studies, and it should put this hitherto neglected work back on the map.
Duncan Wu Peter Garside offers a clear and comprehensive Introduction to the composition of each of the poems and the circumstances of their original publication, together with helpful and unobtrusive annotation of biographical, historical and topographical details relevant to each poem. Garside's annotations do the poems full justice. [...] this edition represents a valuable and enduring addition to Hogg studies, and it should put this hitherto neglected work back on the map.
G. A. M. Wood Garside's annotations do the poems full justice. [...] this edition represents a valuable and enduring addition to Hogg studies, and it should put this hitherto neglected work back on the map.
Duncan Wu Peter Garside offers a clear and comprehensive Introduction to the composition of each of the poems and the circumstances of their original publication, together with helpful and unobtrusive annotation of biographical, historical and topographical details relevant to each poem. Garside's annotations do the poems full justice. [...] this edition represents a valuable and enduring addition to Hogg studies, and it should put this hitherto neglected work back on the map.