Confessions of a Justified Sinner: Introduction by Roger Lewis by James Hogg (En

Description: Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg, Roger Lewis (Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)Introduction by Roger Lewis FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A comic and terrifying novel about a man haunted by the Devil in the form of his own evil double. James Hogg (1770–1835) was a Scottish poet, novelist, and farmer whose work was discovered by Sir Walter Scott and admired by writers as different as Wordsworth and Byron. His most famous book, Confessions of a Justified Sinner, published in 1824 and set in seventeenth-century Scotland, is a vivid exploration of fanaticism and the power of evil. The novels anti-hero, a young man named Robert Wringhim, falls under the influence of an enigmatic, shape-shifting companion, Gil-Martin, who convinces him that he is one of Gods chosen few and thus justified even in committing murder. Robert begins by focusing his murderous intentions on his more worldly and popular half-brother, the son of the Laird of Dalcastle, but before long he is besieged by doubts about his beliefs and even his own identity. Anticipating Dostoevskys great dramas of sin, self-accusation, and damnation by half a century, Hoggs masterpiece employs a comparable combination of black comedy, bitter realism, and colorful narrative sweep. Everymans Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, and European-style half-round spines. Everymans Library Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the authors life and times. Introduction by Roger Lewis Author Biography James Hogg (1770-1835) led a troubled life as a writer. Originally a shepherd, he taught himself to write and finally achieved recognition for his epic poem on Mary, Queen of Scots, The Queens Wake, and was invited to write for the best-selling journal Blackwoods Magazine. However, Hogg soon became a figure of fun and ridicule in the magazines satirical Noctes Ambrosianae, in which the crude and absurd Ettrick Shepherd was openly modelled on him. It is debated whether this was a source of pain and humiliation to the increasingly ostracised Hogg. His masterpiece, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, only achieved widespread recognition a century after publication, but is now one of the most important novels in the Scottish canon. Review "Teasingly brilliant... prefigures some of postmodernisms best trickery.... An entertaining ride with the devil." —The Guardian"Aptly, given its theme is that of doubles and doubling, Hoggs is a twice-told tale. The first section, full of fights, town riots, slayings, cross-country escapes and who-knows-what hurly burly in a remote castle, and much else, is comic and rumbustious.... The second section, by contrast, is intimate and terrifying.... We are suddenly on the other side of what its like to go insane. After that jaunty, enthralled opening... its like coming across a notebook left behind by Hamlet." —from the Introduction by Roger Lewis Details ISBN067941732X Author Roger Lewis Short Title CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SIN Pages 272 Language English ISBN-10 067941732X ISBN-13 9780679417323 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY FIC Series Number 0000 Year 1992 DOI 10.1604/9780679417323 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 1992-12-15 NZ Release Date 1992-12-15 US Release Date 1992-12-15 UK Release Date 1992-12-15 Publisher Random House USA Inc Series Everymans Library Classics Series Publication Date 1992-12-15 Imprint Everymans Library USA Audience Undergraduate Subtitle Introduction by Roger Lewis We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161122546;

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