The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Broadview Literary Texts) - Softcover

Hogg, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551112264 ISBN 13: 9781551112268

Publisher: Broadview Press, 2001

Synopsis

Set in early eighteenth-century Scotland, James Hogg’s masterpiece is a brilliant psychological study of religious fanaticism and the power of evil. Led on by his sinister companion, Gil-Martin, Robert Wringhim commits a series of atrocious crimes. As the novel progresses, however, and the complexity of Wringhim’s mind is revealed, the reader begins to doubt whether Gil-Martin even exists.

This edition of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner places the work within the context of Calvinism, Scottish political and constitutional history, and early psychological theories of “double consciousness.” A wide-ranging introduction discusses the novel in relation to its setting as well as to the period in which it was composed.

About this title

Book Description:

The definitive edition of the all-time Scottish novel - an 'enduring masterpeice' - introduced by Ian Rankin

From the Publisher:

The Broadview Literary Texts series is an effort to represent the ever-changing canon of literature in English by bringing together texts long regarded as classics with valuable, lesser-known literature. Newly type-set and produced on high-quality paper in trade paperback format, the Broadview Literary Texts series is a delight to handle as well as to read.

Each volume includes a full introduction, chronology, bibliography, and explanatory notes along with a variety of documents from the period, giving readers a rich sense of the world from which the work emerged.

About this edition

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1551112264
• ISBN 13: 9781551112268
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Hunter Adrian