James Hogg

Rather in the manner of Burns, James Hogg (1770 - 1835) exploited his humble rural origins as a means of popularising his writing amongst literate society in Edinburgh...
'The Ettrick Shepherd', as he styled himself, first achieved fame and fortune in 1813 with The Queen's Wake and his subsequent fiction, poetry and ballad-writing drew praise from contemporaries such as Scott and Byron. His most renowned work, the macabre The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is often cited as one of the most important Scottish novels of the 19th century.


 
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