The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified SinnerBroadview Press, 8. 5. 2001 - 320 strán (strany) Set in early eighteenth-century Scotland, James Hogg’s masterpiece is a brilliant psychological study of religious fanaticism and the power of evil. Led on by his sinister companion, Gil-Martin, Robert Wringhim commits a series of atrocious crimes. As the novel progresses, however, and the complexity of Wringhim’s mind is revealed, the reader begins to doubt whether Gil-Martin even exists. This edition of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner places the work within the context of Calvinism, Scottish political and constitutional history, and early psychological theories of “double consciousness.” A wide-ranging introduction discusses the novel in relation to its setting as well as to the period in which it was composed. |
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Introduction | 7 |
A Brief Chronology | 41 |
A Note on the Text | 43 |
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner | 45 |
Contexts of Reference | 235 |
2 Jean Calvin | 239 |
3 A Cloud of Witnesses | 244 |
4 Edward Fisher | 250 |
2 Nicol Muschet | 280 |
3 SL Mitchill | 286 |
4 H Dewar | 287 |
Contemporary Reviews | 297 |
2 The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal 1824 | 299 |
3 The Examiner August 1824 | 300 |
4 The British Critic 1824 | 303 |
Works CitedRecommended Reading | 307 |