Edinburgh University Press The Collected Letters of James Hogg: 1832-1835 v. 3 (The Collected Works of James Hogg): 1832 to 1835 (The Stirling / South Carolina Research Edition of the Collected Works of James Hogg)

Product Description The third and final volume of the first collected edition of Hogg's letters reveals his versatility in old age. In 1832 he visits London for the first time and becomes the literary lion of the season. As communications improve in the early 1830s he explores the possibility of writing for American periodicals, and deals (mostly) gracefully with the various claims made on his time as a celebrity author. The loss of old friends is compensated for by a circle of young admirers and proteges, and Hogg turns an acutely observant eye on an age of cheap periodicals and of political reform. A full editorial apparatus includes biographical notes on his chief correspondents and an overview of this phase of his life. The volume also contains an index to all three volumes of this complete edition of Hogg's letters. Review So wonderful a treat that one wishes it weren't the final volume in the series.-- "SEL - Studies in English Literature 1500-1900" Editing the Letters gives as thorough a knowledge of a writer like Hogg as could be hoped for: and Hughes and her colleagues display scrupulous scholarship in an exemplary way, for the reader to consult without losing the thread.-- "The Scotsman" The letters that comprise this three-volume set provide a wealth of fresh material for students of Hogg and Scottish literature specifically, and for researchers of early nineteenth-century literature, culture, and history more generally.... ...the third volume of his correspondence offers an especially thorough and 'thick' account of his literary activity.--Holly Faith Nelson "Scottish Literary Review" From the Back Cover The Collected Letters of James Hogg Volume 3: 1832-1835 Edited by Gillian Hughes, Associate Editors Douglas S. Mack, Robin MacLachlan, and Elaine Petrie The third and final volume of the first collected edition of Hogg's letters reveals his versatility in old age. In 1832 he visits London for the first time and becomes the literary lion of the season. As communications improve in the early 1830s he explores the possibility of writing for American periodicals, and deals (mostly) gracefully with the various claims made on his time as a celebrity author. The loss of old friends is compensated for by a circle of young admirers and protégés, and Hogg turns an acutely observant eye on an age of cheap periodicals and of political reform. A full editorial apparatus includes biographical notes on his chief correspondents and an overview of this phase of his life. The volume also contains an index to all three volumes of this complete edition of Hogg's letters. Gillian Hughes is the author of the biography, James Hogg: A Life (2007) and editor of the journal Studies in Hogg and his World. She is a General Editor of the Stirling/South Carolina Edition, and has edited or co-edited seven previous volumes in the series. About the Author Gillian Hughes is the author of the biography James Hogg: A Life (EUP, 2007) and is editor of the journal Studies in Hogg and his World. She has edited or co-edited seven volumes in the Stirling/South Carolina Research Edition of the Collected Works of James Hogg series.