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In the final years of James Hogg's life, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country became the most important outlet for his shorter writings, usurping the previous centrality of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. This volume collects for the first time his many and various contributions to the magazine and presents them in a reliable scholarly form, complete with a wide-ranging introduction, explanatory notes, appendices and glossary. Building on other volumes in The Stirling / South Carolina Research Edition, Contributions to Fraser's Magazine highlights Hogg's expansion into the London literary marketplace and his reception as a Scottish author south of the Tweed, as well as the beginnings of his posthumous memorialisation.

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Author:   James Hogg ,  Megan Coyer (Lecturer in English Literature, University of Glasgow)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:  

9781474426527

ISBN 10:   1474426522
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   31 July 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

List of Figures Introduction Contributions to Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, 1830–1836 February 1830–January 1831 (Volumes 1–2) The Flower of Annisley I Hae Naebody Now The Lass o’ Carlisle Lines for the Eye of the Beautiful Miss E. B. The Unearthly Witness Strange Letter of a Lunatic February 1831–January 1832 (Volumes 3–4) Geordie Scott The Barber of Duncow.—A Real Ghost Story Disagreeables Aunt Susan Crawford John On the Separate Existence of the Soul February–December 1832 (Volumes 5–6) The Twa Burdies One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-one The Elder in Love The Mountain-Dew Men This Warld’s an Unco Bonny Place Ewan M‘Gabhar January–December 1833 (Volumes 7–8) An Auld Wife’s Dream A Remarkable Egyptian Story The Shepherd’s Noctes [Manuscript Version] The Shepherd’s Noctes, and the Reason Why They Do Not Appear in Fraser’s Magazine The Miller Correspondence. XXVII.—James Hogg January–December 1834 (Volumes 9–10) Extraordinary History of a Border Beauty [O saw ye ought o’ the Queen o’ Hearts] The Frasers in the Correi Love’s Legacy January–December 1835 (Volumes 11–12) Anecdotes of Ghosts and Apparitions. No. I and II A Very Ridiculous Sermon The Hunter of Comar A Dream The Three Sisters The Chickens in the Corn January–December 1836 (Volumes 13–14) [Posthumous] The Turners Helen Crocket Appendix A: Oliver Yorke’s Introduction to the Ettrick Shepherd’s Last Tale Appendix B: I. Works Attributed to Hogg for which Hogg’s Authorship is Unlikely, Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, 1830–1836 II. Biographical Articles, Fictive Depictions, and Reviews of Hogg’s Works in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, 1830–1836 Hyphenation List Notes Glossary

Reviews

James Hogg clearly enjoyed being a 'Fraserian'. In that 'racy and spunky Magazine' he was playful, tender, funny, political and daring. Megan Coyer's expert editing and enlightening annotations bring new Hoggian treasures to light. This fine edition illuminates the literary culture of that fascinating transitional decade, the 1830s.--David Stewart, Northumbria University

Author Information

James Hogg was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English. He is best known for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. Megan Coyer is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Glasgow and directs Glasgow’s Medical Humanities Research Centre. She held a Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship in Medical Humanities from 2012-2016. She received her PhD in Scottish Literature from the University of Glasgow in 2010, and her first degree is a B.S. in Neuroscience from Lafayette College (Easton, PA USA).

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