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Contributions to Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine: Volume 1, 1817-1828 (The Collected Works of James Hogg)
Contributions to Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Volume 1 18171828 - The Collected Works of James Hogg Author:James Hogg Although portrayed as the "boozing buffoon" of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Hogg (both as the celebrated Ettrick Shepherd and anonymously) was a key contributor of songs, narrative poems, tales, and reviews to the liveliest of all early nineteenth-century periodicals. The present volume includes several items hitherto published only i... more »n Blackwood's, and ranges from the infamous "Chaldee Manuscript" to newly-identified items such as a Scottish commemoration of the coronation of George IV.Hogg's work for his favourite periodical is provided in this volume in full cultural context, including detailed annotation and a convenient and complete editorial apparatus. Also included is music for several of the Shepherd's songs.« less