James Hogg and British Romanticism

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction: Reclaiming Hogg’s Place in British Romanticism

   • Meiko O’Halloran

   Pages 1-15

3. Hogg’s Self-Positioning in The Poetic Mirror and the Literary Marketplace

   • Meiko O’Halloran

   Pages 16-58

4. Hogg’s Eighteenth-Century Inheritance: The Queen’s Wake, National Epic and Imagined Ancestries

   • Meiko O’Halloran

   Pages 59-113

5. By Accident and Design: Burns, Shakespeare and Hogg’s Kaleidoscopic Techniques, from the Theatre and The Poetic Mirror to Queen Hynde

   • Meiko O’Halloran

   Pages 114-177

6. Exploding Authority and Inheritance: Reading the Confessions of a Justified Sinner as a Kaleidoscopic Novel

   • Meiko O’Halloran

   Pages 178-216

7. Imploding the Nation: Aesthetic Conflict in Tales of the Wars of Montrose

   • Meiko O’Halloran

   Pages 217-255

8. Conclusion: Expanding the Range of Romanticism

   • Meiko O’Halloran

   Pages 256-257

9. Back Matter

   Pages 258-308

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This study argues for Hogg's centrality to British Romanticism, resituating his work in relation to many of his more famous Romantic contemporaries. Hogg creates a unique literary style which, the author argues, is best described as 'kaleidoscopic' in view of its similarities with David Brewster's kaleidoscope, invented in 1816.

• James Hogg
• British Romanticism
• Kaleidoscope
• Scottish Romanticism
• Literary Marketplace
• Romantic literature
• Miscellany
• Anthology
• Book history
• Print Culture
• Eighteenth-century poetry
• Romantic poetry
• Theatre
• Drama
• Short Story
• Tale
• Novels
• fiction
• Reviews
• reception

“James Hogg and British Romanticism makes an original and significant contribution to the ongoing conversation on how Hogg’s works engage with and diverge from the artistic vision and practices of fellow Romantics. … O’Halloran’s pioneering and perceptive study is essential reading for those working on the life and writings of James Hogg and in the fields of Scottish Romanticism, British Romanticism, literary history, and reader response theory.” (Holly Faith Nelson, The BARS Review, Issue 49, 2017)

• Newcastle University, UK

  Meiko O’Halloran

Meiko O'Halloran is Lecturer in Romantic Literature at Newcastle University, UK. She has published various articles and essays on aspects of Scottish and British Romanticism.

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