The Shepherd's Calendar and Other Tales from Scottish Highlands

James Hogg

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James Hogg wrote some of his best stories in The Shepherd's Calendar, in which he defines the content and the manners of the traditional storytelling of Ettrick Forest, the mountainous region in Scotland where he grew up. They reveal Hogg's experiences as a young shepherd as it draws a picture of the pleasures and the dangers of the lives in Scottish Highlands. Some of these stories deal with the supernatural and explore psychological depths with a noteworthy intensity and insight. Large parts of these tales are written in a Scots dialect from the region of Ettrick Forest.
The Shepherd's Calendar:
Rob Dodds
Mr Adamson of Laverhope
The Prodigal Son
The School of Misfortune
George Dobson's Expedition to Hell
The Souters of Selkirk
The Laird of Cassway
Tibby Hyslop's Dream
Mary Burnet
The Brownie of the Black Haggs
The Laird of Wineholm
Window Wat's Courtship
A Strange Secret
The Marvellous Doctor
The Witches of Traquair
Sheep
Prayers
Odd Characters
Nancy Chisholm
Snow-Storms
The Shepherd's Dog
The Expedition to Hell
The Mysterious Bride
The Wool-Gatherer
The Hunt of Eildon
James Hogg (1770-1835) was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote an unauthorized biography.

Über James Hogg

James Hogg (bosque de Ettrick, 1770 - Altrive, 1835).
Escritor escocés. Antes de dedicarse a la literatura fue pastor de ganado. Por este oficio es conocido como «El pastor de Ettrick». Hasta los cuarenta años se dedicó a realizar trabajos rurales, viviendo en una pobreza extrema. Su formación es autodidacta.
En 1810 tuvo que emigrar a Edimburgo donde editó la revista literaria The Spy, cuyo primer número apareció ese mismo año. Con el libro de poemas The Queen's Wake adquirió cierta notoriedad, despertando la admiración de escritores como Wordsworth o Byron. Fue amigo de Walter Scott, quien descubrió el talento de Hogg cuando este le aportó material para su obra Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (Cancionero de la frontera escocesa).
Su obra poética no ha tenido mucha relevancia, en cambio su novela Memorias privadas y confesiones de un pecador justificado es una obra fundamental de la literatura en lengua inglesa.


Verlag:

e-artnow

Veröffentlicht:

2016

Druckseiten:

ca. 629

Sprache:

English

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eBook


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