Duncan Wu, St. Catherine's College, Oxford University.
"Adrian Hunter's thorough introduction and detailed annotations make this an essential edition for all students of Hogg's great novel."
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Peter D. Garside, Cardiff University
"Hunter's introduction is well-informed in terms both of the novel's intellectual context and current critical approaches."
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Simon Kövesi, University of Dundee
"Hunter's edition of Hogg's Confessions is simply the best paperback edition currently available."
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Book Description
'A Scottish classic, a world classic' Ian Rankin,
Observer
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Product Description
An account of a man haunted by the Devil in the form of his own evil double. Hogg's 1824 novel, set in 17th century Scotland, anticipates Dostoevsky's great dramas of sin, self-accusation and damnation by half a century.
From the Publisher
The Broadview Editions series is an effort to represent the ever-changing canon of literature in English by bringing together texts long regarded as classics with valuable, lesser-known literature. Newly type-set and produced on high-quality paper in trade paperback format, the Broadview Editions series is a delight to handle as well as to read.
Each volume includes a full introduction, chronology, bibliography, and explanatory notes along with a variety of documents from the period, giving readers a rich sense of the world from which the work emerged.
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From the Back Cover
'A sinister, funny, moving tale of demonic possession, murder and religious fanaticism' Sunday Telegraph
Robert is a difficult and disturbed young man. He comes from a troubled family background and turns to his Calvinist faith for solace but finds it hard to get along with other people, particularly his brother and his dissolute father. After he falls in with the mysterious and charming Gil-Martin his actions become more and more extreme. He convinces himself that he is one of the lucky few who have been chosen for heaven and that therefore all his actions automatically right and good...even murder.
'A Scottish classic, a world classic' Ian Rankin, Observer
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About the Author
Adrian Hunter teaches in the Department of English Literature at the University of Glasgow. He has published on nineteenth- and twentieth-century British and American literature.
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