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Title: Winter Evening Tales: Collected Among the Cottagers in the South of Scotland
Author: James Hogg (The Ettrick Shepherd)
Year of Publication: 1820 (19th century)
Type: Collection
Genre: Autobiography, Historical Fiction, Romance, Supernatural, Traditional,
Plot Summary: An extraordinary kaleidoscope of poems, novellas, anecdotes, and sketches, written in the idiom of working countrymen and women, the book represents an alternative literary model to the historical novel of Walter Scott (q.v.). ‘The Renowned Adventures of Basil Lee’, and ‘The Love Adventures of Mr George Cochrane’, and the revised ‘Shepherd’s Calendar’ are clearly autobiographical with Border settings and references.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748620869
SITEMAP | LINKS | TERMS & CONDITIONS | © Edinburgh Film Focus 2009
Home | Title detail page
Title: Winter Evening Tales: Collected Among the Cottagers in the South of Scotland
Author: James Hogg (The Ettrick Shepherd)
Year of Publication: 1820 (19th century)
Type: Collection
Genre: Autobiography, Historical Fiction, Romance, Supernatural, Traditional,
Plot Summary: An extraordinary kaleidoscope of poems, novellas, anecdotes, and sketches, written in the idiom of working countrymen and women, the book represents an alternative literary model to the historical novel of Walter Scott (q.v.). ‘The Renowned Adventures of Basil Lee’, and ‘The Love Adventures of Mr George Cochrane’, and the revised ‘Shepherd’s Calendar’ are clearly autobiographical with Border settings and references.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748620869
SITEMAP | LINKS | TERMS & CONDITIONS | © Edinburgh Film Focus 2009