James Hogg 1770 1835 is increasingly recognised as a major Scottish author and one of the most original figures in European Romanticism 16 essays written by international experts on Hogg draw on recent breakthroughs in research to illuminate the contexts and debates that helped to shape his writings The book provides an indispensable guide to Hogg s life and worlds his publishing history reception and reputation his treatments of politics religion nationality social class sexuality and gender and the diverse literary forms ballads songs poems drama short stories novels periodicals in which he wrote Key Features Thorough coverage of the whole of Hogg s works career and contexts as well as detailed considerations of his most famous work Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified SinnerThe contributors are all major figures in Hogg studies and include editors of the definitive Stirling South Carolina Research Edition of the Collected Works of James Hogg including Caroline McCracken Flesher Wyoming Hans de Groot Toronto Penny Fielding Edinburgh Peter Garside Edinburgh and Gillian Hughes