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Midsummer Night Dreams and Related Poems
James Hogg
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Description for Midsummer Night Dreams and Related Poems
Hardback. This collection is comprised of ten of Hogg's poems which, in very different ways, explore the visionary and supernatural, and the writer's portrayal of them - echoing the subject and title of Shakespeare's famous play. Editor(s): Rubenstein, J.H.; Hughes, Gillian; O'Halloran, Meiko. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
This collection is comprised of ten of Hogg's poems which, in very different ways, explore the visionary and supernatural, and the writer's portrayal of them - echoing the subject and title of Shakespeare's famous play. Included among the poems are: 'The Pilgrims of the Sun', which seeks to demonstrate Hogg's command not only of his native Scottish tradition of poetry but also of the English tradition of Milton and Pope; the weirdly brilliant 'Connel of Dee'; 'The Gyre Caryl' in which Hogg recounts the birth of Heavenly Grace and the departure of the fairies from Scotland; and 'Verses Addressed to ... Read more
This collection is comprised of ten of Hogg's poems which, in very different ways, explore the visionary and supernatural, and the writer's portrayal of them - echoing the subject and title of Shakespeare's famous play. Included among the poems are: 'The Pilgrims of the Sun', which seeks to demonstrate Hogg's command not only of his native Scottish tradition of poetry but also of the English tradition of Milton and Pope; the weirdly brilliant 'Connel of Dee'; 'The Gyre Caryl' in which Hogg recounts the birth of Heavenly Grace and the departure of the fairies from Scotland; and 'Verses Addressed to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Series
The Collected Works of James Hogg
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748624409
SKU
V9780748624409
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About James Hogg
The late Jill Rubenstein was Professor of English at the University of Cincinnati, and the editor of James Hogg's Anecdotes of Scott among other scholarly works relating to Scott, Hogg, and their contemporaries. 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. ... Read more
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