{"product_id":"altrive-tales-james-hogg-9780748620876","title":"Altrive Tales: Featuring a 'Memoir of the Author's Life'","description":"'I like to write about myself: in fact, there are few things I like better...'So confesses Hogg with pawky self-mocking humour in \u003ci\u003eAltrive Tales\u003c\/i\u003e.The collection opens with Hogg's own story of how a ragged servant-lad remade himself as a respected professional writer, the associate of Byron, Scott, Southey, Wordsworth and Galt. Hogg's frank and humorous 'Memoir of the Author's Life' is widely recognised as a classic of Romantic autobiography and an important record of early nineteenth-century Scottish culture.The themes of the 'Memoir' continue in the tales that follow. 'The Adventures of Captain John Lochy' is a fast-paced historical fiction, the autobiography of a social outcast adrift in Scotland, Russia, the Netherlands, and Sweden. 'The Pongos' (an early version of the Tarzan story) takes a look at Scottish involvement in the British empire in a comic parody of Enlightenment notions about the nature of man and of society. 'Marion's Jock' is a virtuoso exercise in Scots and in Hogg's ability to communicate the peasant lifestyle of his native Scottish Borders.This new edition, thoughtfully introduced, extensively annotated and featuring a reading list and Hogg chronology, presents \u003ci\u003eAltrive Tales\u003c\/i\u003e as a major achievement by one of Scotland's finest storytellers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Hogg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0748620877\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780748620876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.20d","brand":"James Hogg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48013780353279,"sku":"9780748620876","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1bcb5090-de6d-4255-840c-2ca68c0336e8.jpg?v=1767744725","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/altrive-tales-james-hogg-9780748620876","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}