Literary History & Criticism


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  • Cover scan of Johnson Agonistes And Other Essays
    Johnson Agonistes And Other Essays
    Bertrand H. Bronson - Paperback - Cambridge University Press
    This concise volume gathers together two essays on Samuel Johnson and one on James Boswell.
  • Cover scan of James Boswell's Life Of Johnson
    Boswell's Life Of Johnson: An Edition Of The Original Manuscript
    James Boswell - Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
  • Cover scan of James Hogg And The Literary Marketplace
    James Hogg And The Literary Marketplace: Scottish Romanticism And The Working-Class Author
    - Hardback - Ashgate
    Responding to the resurgence of interest in the Scottish working-class writer James Hogg, Sharon Alker and Holly Faith Nelson offer this edited collection devoted to an examination of the critical implications of his writings and their position in the Edinburgh and London literary marketplaces.
  • Cover scan of James Kelman
    James Kelman
    Simon Kövesi - Hardback - Manchester University Press
    This is a full-length study of the novels of James Kelman, one of Scotland's most influential contemporary prose artist and 1994 Booker Prize winner.
  • Cover scan of James Kelman
    James Kelman
    Simon Kövesi - Paperback - Manchester University Press
    This is a full-length study of the novels of James Kelman, one of Scotland's most influential contemporary prose artists and 1994 Booker Prize winner.
  • Cover scan of James Hogg's The Private Memoirs And Confessions Of A Justified Sinner
    James Hogg's The Private Memoirs And Confessions Of A Justified Sinner
    Douglas Gifford - Compact Disc - ASLS
    Professor Gifford guides the listener throught the twists and turns of Hogg's most famous work, accompanied by atmospheric readings of selections from the text by John Shedden. Psychological and supernatural elements are explored, along with background information on Hogg and his works.
  • Cover scan of James Hogg
    James Hogg: A Life
    Gillian Hughes - Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
    James Hogg's life-story is one of extraordinary transitions. In his own lifetime he was best-known as a heaven-inspired but naive Scottish rustic whose intelligence went largely unacknowledged by his contemporaries.
  • Cover scan of James Hogg's The Private Memoirs And Confessions Of A Justified Siner
    James Hogg's The Private Memoirs And Confessions Of A Justified Sinner
    Elaine Petrie - Paperback - Association for Scottish Literary Studies
    The Scotnotes booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and literary texts aimed at senior pupils in secondary schools and students in tertiary education. The author of each booklet is an authority on the writer or text as well as having experience in teaching at the relevant levels.
  • Cover scan of John Buchan : Witch Wood, Huntingtower & The Thirty-Nine Steps
    John Buchan : Witch Wood, Huntingtower & The Thirty-Nine Steps
    Christopher MacLachlan - Paperback - Association for Scottish Literary Studies
    The Scotnotes booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and literary texts aimed at senior pupils in secondary schools and students in tertiary education. The author of each booklet is an authority on the writer or text as well as having experience in teaching at the relevant levels.
  • Cover scan of John Knox
    John Knox: Reformation Rhetoric And The Traditions Of Scots Prose 1490-1570
    Kenneth D. Farrow - Paperback - Peter Lang
    John Knox has seldom been taken seriously as a literary figure; in fact, it is often assumed that he was hostile to 'art' of any kind. This study analyzes Knox's style of writing and suggests that he was one of the most highly rhetorical of all the 16th-century prose writers.

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