The Spy: A Periodical Paper of Literary Amusement and Instruction
(Book #8 in the The Collected Works of James Hogg Series)
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Hogg's extremely rare periodical of 1810-11 shows him reacting to the writers, personalities, and locales of Scotland's capital city after his move to Edinburgh from Ettrick and his career-change from shepherd and farmer to professional author. His characteristically astute and idiosyncratic vision reveals a rather different city from that of Walter Scott and Francis Jeffrey, and his band of contributors form another audience for his work than the middle-class Tories associated with the later Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. The Spy includes early versions of some of Hogg's best-known poetry and prose besides a wealth of fascinating lesser-known material.This is the first edition of The Spy since the original edition of 1810-11 was published, and offers a carefully corrected text, full annotation, notes on Hogg's contributors to his paper, and a history of its making. It represents an advance in our knowledge both of Hogg's early writing career and of the city he encountered early in the nineteenth century.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0748614176
ISBN13:9780748614172
Release Date:March 2000
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Length:712 Pages
Weight:3.05 lbs.
Dimensions:2.4" x 6.1" x 9.8"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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