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Title: THE PRIVATE MEMOIRS & CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SINNER
By: James Hogg, David Blair, Dr. Keith Carabine
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1853261882
ISBN 13: 9781853261886
Publisher: WORDSWORTH EDITIONS LTD
Pub. date: 4 March, 1996
Series: Wordsworth Classics
Pages: 224
Description: 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.
Synopsis: With an Introduction and Notes by David Blair, University of Kent at CanterburyJames Hogg's most ambitious prose work, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, is now widely acclaimed as his masterpiece.In the early years of the 18th century, Scotland is torn by religious and political strife. Hogg's sinner, justified by his Calvinist conviction that his own salvation is pre-ordained, is suspected of involvement in a series of bizarre and hideous crimes. A century later his memoirs reveal the extraordinary, macabre truth. The tale is chilling for its astute psychological accuracy as it illustrates, with power and economy, the dire effect of self-righteous bigotry on a fanatical character.In the first half of his new introduction David Blair provides a detailed explanation of the historical and religious contexts of Hogg's novel. In the second half he probes the book's brilliant, complex engagement with issues of identity, history and narrative itself.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Returns: Non-returnable
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