The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner - Outlet
In the early years of the 18th century, Scotland is torn by religious and political strife. Hogg's sinner, justified by his Calvinist conviction that his own salvation is pre-ordained, is suspected of involvement in a series of bizarre and hideous crimes. A century later his memoirs reveal the extraordinary, macabre truth. The tale is chilling for its astute psychological accuracy as it illustrates, with power and economy, the dire effect of self-righteous bigotry on a fanatical character.
In the first half of his new introduction David Blair provides a detailed explanation of the historical and religious contexts of Hogg's novel. In the second half he probes the book's brilliant, complex en
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Kategorie:
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Książki
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Język wydania:
angielski
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ISBN:
9781853261886
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EAN:
9781853261886
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Liczba stron:
194
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Wymiary:
12.5x20.0cm
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Waga:
0.16kg