The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

Author: James Hogg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brothers
Languages : en
Pages : 406

Book Description
Published anonymously in 1824, this gothic mystery novel was written by Scottish author James Hogg. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner was published as if it were the presentation of a century-old document. The unnamed editor offers the reader a long introduction before presenting the document written by the sinner himself.

The Testament of Gideon Mack

Author: James Robertson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101650486
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Book Description
A critical success on both sides of the Atlantic, this darkly imaginative novel from Scottish author James Robertson takes a tantalizing trip into the spiritual by way of a haunting paranormal mystery. When Reverend Gideon Mack, a good minister despite his atheism, tumbles into a deep ravine called the Black Jaws, he is presumed dead. Three days later, however, he emerges bruised but alive-and insistent that his rescuer was Satan himself. Against the background of an incredulous world, Mack's disturbing odyssey and the tortuous life that led to it create a mesmerizing meditation on faith, mortality, and the power of the unknown.

The Romantic Novel in England

Author: Robert Kiely
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780674863989
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description

Edinburgh Companion to James Hogg

Author: Ian Duncan
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748655166
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
A guide devoted to its subject, the book draws on recent breakthroughs in research on Hogg to illuminate the urgent debates and fruitful contexts that helped to shape his writings. Essays written by an international team of scholars provide an indispensab

The Romantic Art of Confession

Author: Susan M. Levin
Publisher: Camden House
ISBN: 9781571131898
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
The Romantic Art of Confession is about works specifically entitled "confessions" written during the Romantic period in Britain and France. Reading these similarly conceived texts together illuminates uniquely the Romantic art of confession as it illuminates the written craft of self-recollection and definition.

The California Gothic in Fiction and Film

Author: Bernice M Murphy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781474497879
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Focuses on the California Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Electric Shepherd

Author: Karl Miller
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571218172
Category : Authors, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
A dazzling portrait of the life and times of James Hogg. Electric Shepherd is a likeness of James Hogg, Scottish Borderer and international literary star, who shared an epoch and an environment with Walter Scott. His novel, the Confessions of a Justified Sinner, is one of the great works of European Romanticism. 'Miller's writing seems to breathe the air of the period so steadily and so deeply that the reader might occasionally experience a part of himself venturing forth to mingle with the multitude of personalities on display.' Andrew O'Hagan, Telegraph

Hard Rain Falling

Author: Don Carpenter
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590173902
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
A hardboiled novel about life in the American underground, from the pool halls of Portland to the cells of San Quentin. Simply one of the finest books ever written about being down on your luck. Don Carpenter’s Hard Rain Falling is a tough-as-nails account of being down and out, but never down for good—a Dostoyevskian tale of crime, punishment, and the pursuit of an ever-elusive redemption. The novel follows the adventures of Jack Levitt, an orphaned teenager living off his wits in the fleabag hotels and seedy pool halls of Portland, Oregon. Jack befriends Billy Lancing, a young black runaway and pool hustler extraordinaire. A heist gone wrong gets Jack sent to reform school, from which he emerges embittered by abuse and solitary conﬁnement. In the meantime Billy has joined the middle class—married, fathered a son, acquired a business and a mistress. But neither Jack nor Billy can escape their troubled pasts, and they will meet again in San Quentin before their strange double drama comes to a violent and revelatory end.

Healing After Loss

Author: Martha W. Hickman
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061925772
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 381

Book Description
The classic guide for dealing with grief and loss. Daily reflections to find solace in our own lives, and comfort in the connection of sharing these meditations with countless others. After the focus on planning and outpouring of love from family and friends in the immediate aftermath following the loss of a loved one, we are left to enter a new version of our lives where someone important is missing. For days, months, years, the pain of the loss can crash in all at once. It is tempting to push that wave of grief back and soldier on with our new lives, but the loss will never lose its controlling power if we don’t find the courage and love to face it. Meditating on the loss, along with the rush of love that comes with it, gives us a chance to rejoice in the life that was shared, and to look forward in which memories of our loved ones continue to bless us. The short, poignant meditations given here follow the course of the year, but it is not a necessity to follow them chronologically. They will strengthen, inspire, and give comfort for as long as they are needed.

7 Signs of a Family Curse

Author: Jonas A. Clark
Publisher: Spirit of Life Ministries
ISBN: 9781886885509
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 23

Book Description
Family curses are reoccurring problems that steal, kill, and destroy. Scripture is clear God visits the iniquity of the fathers upon the children up to the third and fourth generation (Exodus 20:5). Curse have the right to come because of sin. Before you can break generational curses we need to identify what they look like. This book contains a list of the sign of family curses and how to clean your spiritual house.