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The Private Memoirs & Confessions Of A Justified Sinner By James
Hogg (Paperback, 1996)
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 masterpieceIn 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
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
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