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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner Paperback - 2002
by James Hogg; Introduction by Margot Livesey
Set in Scotland in a period of religious and political turmoil, James Hogg's novel about religious fanaticism and megalomania is a study of fanatical delusion with startling contemporary relevance--a work that influenced such writers as Andre Gide, Lord Byron, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Muriel Spark.
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One of the supreme masterpieces of Romantic fiction and Scottish literature, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is a terrifying tale of murder and amorality, and of one man's descent into madness and despair. James Hogg's sardonic novel follows a young man who, falling under the spell of a mysterious stranger who bears an uncanny likeness to himself, embarks on a career as a serial murderer. The memoirs are presented by a narrator whose attempts to explain the story only succeed in intensifying its more baffling and bizarre aspects. Is the young man the victim of a psychotic delusion, or has he been tempted by the devil to wage war against God's enemies? The authoritative and lively introduction by Ian Duncan covers the full range of historical and religious themes and contexts, offers a richer and more accurate consideration of the novel's relation to Romantic fiction than found elsewhere, and sheds new light on the novel's treatment of fanaticism. Copious notes identify the novel's historical, biblical, theological, and literary allusions. - Publisher.
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- Title The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
- Author James Hogg; Introduction by Margot Livesey
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher New York Review of Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2002-11-30
- ISBN 9781590170250 / 1590170253
- Weight 0.62 lbs (0.28 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 4.79 x 0.59 in (21.08 x 12.17 x 1.50 cm)
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- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Scotland, Psychological fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002002884
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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