In 1824, the poet and shepherd James Hogg wrote one of Scotland’s most important novels: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. The book was not seen as a masterpiece at the time, and for decades critics dismissed Hogg as a minor writer. Now, he’s recognized as a literary genius, and the author of one of the world’s first psychological novels. Dr. Gillian Hughes of the James Hogg Society joins us for our Underappreciated Literature series.
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