The Private Memoirs & Confessions of a Justified Sinner
The Private Memoirs & Confessions of a Justified Sinner
Summary
In early years of 18th century, Scotland is torn by religious and political strife. The sinner, justified by his Calvinist conviction that his own salvation is pre-ordained, is suspected of involvement in a series of crimes. A century later his memoirs reveals truth. The tale illustrates effect of self-righteous bigotry on a fanatical character.
The feel-good place to buy books
- Free US shipping over $15
- Buying preloved emits 41% less CO2 than new
- Millions of affordable books
- Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!
The Private Memoirs & Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg
In early years of 18th century, Scotland is torn by religious and political strife. The sinner, justified by his Calvinist conviction that his own salvation is pre-ordained, is suspected of involvement in a series of crimes. A century later his memoirs reveals truth. The tale illustrates effect of self-righteous bigotry on a fanatical character.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.
Adrian Hunter is Senior Lecturer in English Studies at the University of Stirling. He is author of The Cambridge Introduction to the Short Story in English (2007), and of several articles and chapters on British and North American short fiction. He is currently editing a volume of James Hogg's contributions to international periodicals for the definitive Stirling/South Carolina Research Edition of Hogg's work, also published by Edinburgh University Press.
Barbara Leonardi earned her AHRC-funded PhD from the University of Stirling, winning the 2013 Ross Roy Medal for the best doctoral thesis in Scottish literature. From 2014-17, she served as Research Assistant on the AHRC-funded project James Hogg: Contributions to International Periodicals. She specialises in the 19th-century periodical press; the Romantic novel; gender, class, and race in the long 19th-century; and pragmatic linguistics applied to literature. She has published on Hogg, Walter Scott and Mary Wollstonecraft; is a reviewer for The Year's Work in English Studies; and edited Intersections of Gender, Class, and Race in the Long Nineteenth Century and Beyond (Palgrave, 2018).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781853261886 |
| ISBN 10 | 1853261882 |
| Title | The Private Memoirs & Confessions of a Justified Sinner |
| Author | James Hogg |
| Series | Wordsworth Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Wordsworth Editions Ltd |
| Year published | 1997-02-05 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |