![]() It was praised by André Gide in an introduction to the 1947 reissue and described by the critic Walter Allen as 'the most convincing representation of the power of evil in our literature'. However, since the latter part of the twentieth century it has won greater critical interest and attention. ![]() ![]() The first edition sold very poorly and the novel suffered from a period of critical neglect, especially in the nineteenth century. ![]() The narrative is set against the antinomian societal structure flourishing in the borders of Scotland in Hogg's day. The action of the novel is located in a historically definable Scotland with accurately observed settings, and simultaneously implies a pseudo-Christian world of angels, devils, and demonic possession. Considered by turns part-gothic novel, part-psychological mystery, part-metafiction, part-satire, part- case study of totalitarian thought, it can also be thought of as an early example of modern crime fiction in which the story is told, for the most part, from the point of view of its criminal anti-hero. ![]() Scarica The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner e più Appunti in PDF di Letteratura Inglese solo su Docsity! THE PRIVATE MEMOIRS AND THE CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SINNER The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner: Written by Himself: With a detail of curious traditionary facts and other evidence by the editor is a novel by the Scottish author James Hogg, published anonymously in 1824. ![]()
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