The Three Perils of Woman

"The Three Perils of Woman" is essentially a combination of two stories on similar themes, one set in Highlands following the Battle of Culloden and the other in Hogg's Edinburgh. Readers were shocked by its treatment of such delicate matters as prostitution and venereal disease. Last printed in the 1820s, this new edition puts it squarely back into mainstream of Scottish literature.

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.Antony J. Hasler is a Professor in English at Saint Louis University.The late Douglas S. Mack was formerly Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Stirling.

Summary

Hogg's powerful novel combines two stories that hauntingly echo each other, one set in Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders in the early 1820s, and the other set in the Highlands in 1746, the time of Culloden and its devastating aftermath.

Product details

• Authors: James Hogg
• Assisted by: Colin Groves (Editor), David Groves (Editor), Antony Hasler (Editor), Antony J Hasler (Editor), Antony J. Hasler (Editor), Douglas Mack (Editor), Douglas S Mack (Editor), Douglas S. Mack (Editor), Douglas S Mack (Editor), Douglas S. Mack (Editor)
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.05.2002
• EAN: 9780748663170
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-6317-0
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 212 mm x 34 mm
• Weight: 490 g
• Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg; The Collected Works of James Hogg; Stirling / South Carolina Rese
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies