Anecdotes of Scott

James Hogg knew Sir Walter Scott well, and after Scott's death in 1832 he wrote an affectionate but frank account of their long friendship. John Gibson Lockhart, Scott's son-in-law and official biographer, declared himself to be filled with "utter disgust and loathing" at the "beastly and abominable things" within it. Hogg withdrew the manuscript from publication, but later arranged for the U.S. publication of an extensively revised version. Jill Rubenstein has produced a meticulous new edition which includes both versions. She provides a wealth of new information about these lively, readable, idiosyncratic, and disconcerting texts.

About the author

James Hogg was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English. He is best known for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner.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.

Summary

James Hogg knew Sir Walter Scott well, and after Scott's death in 1832 he wrote an affectionate but frank account of their long friendship.

Product details

• Authors: James Hogg
• Assisted by: J H Rubenstein (Editor), J. H. Rubenstein (Editor), Jill Rubenstein (Editor)
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.1999
• EAN: 9780748609338
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-0933-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg; The Collected Works of James Hogg; Stirling / South Carolina Rese
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies