{"product_id":"the-private-memoirs-confessions-of-a-justified-sinner","title":"James Hogg: The Private Memoirs \u0026 Confessions of a Justified Sinner [1997] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith an Introduction and Notes by David Blair, University of Kent at Canterbury\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Hogg's most ambitious prose work, \u003cem\u003eThe Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner\u003c\/em\u003e, is now widely acclaimed as his masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\tThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hogg, James \u0026 Blair, David (University Of Kent At Cant \u0026 Carabine, Dr Keith (University Of Kent A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46523028635987,"sku":"9781853261886","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/hogg-james-blair-david-university-of-kent-at-cant-carabine-dr-keith-university-of-kent-a-the-private-memoirs-confessions-of-a-justified-sinner-9781853261886-49078064611667.jpg?v=1681756367","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/the-private-memoirs-confessions-of-a-justified-sinner","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}