James Hogg - (1770 - 1835)
Scottish poet, novelist, short story and song writer, journalist, editor, playwright, and essayist.
A nearly illiterate shepherd until the age of eighteen, Hogg became a pro...
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For the last twenty years of his life, James Hogg, "The Ettrick Shepherd," was perhaps as well known in his native Scotland as any of his contemporaries, save only Sir Walter Scott. This reputation de...
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Known today as the author of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824), an extraordinary portrayal of the psychology of antinomian Calvinism, James Hogg became famous in his ti...
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During the 1820s and 1830s James Hogg, or "The Ettrick Shepherd," as he was called from his frequent signature of his magazine articles, was almost as well known a Scottish author as Sir Walter Scott....
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In the following essay, Bold discusses Hogg's influence and reception as “The Ettrick Shepherd,” his peasant-poet persona.
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In the following essay, Smith discusses a number of Hogg's lesser works—including ballads, lyrics, and longer narrative poetry and fiction—focusing on the largely conventional tec...
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In the following essay, Groves contends that Hogg's The Three Perils of Woman demonstrates a mythical vision of descent into chaos followed by a reaffirmation of human unity.
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In the following excerpt, Groves evaluates Hogg as a Romantic poet.
Heroic values and a concern for national unity made The Queen's Wake an ideal poem for a country at war. Yet although its ...
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James Hogg - (1770 - 1835)
James Hogg
Critical Essay by Valentina Bold
