Winter Evening Tales / / James Hogg, Ian Duncan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Hogg, James,; Duncan, Ian,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: The Stirling / South Carolina Research Edition of the Collected Works of James Hogg : STIR
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (648 p.)

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748620869);Winter Evening Tales (1820; second edition 1821) was James Hogg's most successful work of prose fiction in his lifetime. Exhibiting the most complex genesis of any of Hogg's works, it is the outstanding example of a 'national' genre pioneered by him - the miscellaneous collection of popular and traditional narratives. Hogg's experimental medley of novellas, tales, poems and sketches posed a lively alternative to the dominant form of the historical novel established by Walter Scott. The collection includes terse masterpieces of mystery and the uncanny, virtuoso improvisations on folktale themes, and - the highlights of the edition - two brilliant autobiographical novellas, The Renowned Adventures of Basil Lee and Love Adventures of Mr George Cochrane.Reprinted in incomplete and unreliable texts in Victorian editions of Hogg's works, Winter Evening Tales fell into almost total obscurity after the author's death. The Stirling/ South Carolina Edition of the Collected Works of James Hogg is delighted to republish this key work in Hogg's career in its entirety for the first time since the early nineteenth century."

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Hogg Rediscovered A New Edition of a Major Writer -- General Editors’ Acknowledgements -- Volume Editor’s Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Research Additions -- Select Bibliography -- Chronology of James Hogg -- Winter Evening Tales -- The Renowned Adventures of Basil Lee -- Adam Bell -- Duncan Campbell -- An Old Soldier's Tale -- Highland Adventures -- Halbert of Lyne -- The Long Pack -- A Peasant's Funeral -- Dreadful Story of Macpherson -- Story of Two Highlanders -- Maria’s Tale, written by herself -- Singular Dream, from a Correspondent -- Love Adventures of Mr George Cochrane -- Country Dreams and Apparitions No. I. John Gray o’ Middleholm -- The Bridal of Polmood -- King Gregory -- The Shepherd's Calendar -- Country Dreams and Apparitions -- Appendix: Hogg’s Manuscript of ‘The Long Pack’ -- Note on the Text -- Emendation List -- Hyphenation List -- Notes -- Glossary