Falling under the spell of a mysterious stranger who bears an uncanny likeness to himself, he embarks on a career as a serial murderer. 'We have heard much of the rage of fanaticism in former days, but nothing to this'Ī wretched young man, 'an outcast in the world', tells the story of his upbringing by a heretical Calvinist minister who leads him to believe that he is one of the elect, predestined for salvation and thus above the moral law. Reset text of the novel, checked against 1824 copy text and correcting previous errors.
Entirely new and much fuller Explanatory Notes.Revised Note on the Text,Chronology, and Glossary.Updated and expanded Select Bibliography.Complete and up-to-date bibliography includes recent developments in Hogg scholarship.The notes identify the full range of the novel's historical, biblical, theological, topographical and literary allusions, and are both concise and fuller than in any other competing edition at this level.The authoritative and lively introduction covers the full range of historical and religious themes and contexts and a fuller and more accurate consideration of the novel's relation to Romantic fiction than can be found elsewhere, as well as original discussion of the novel's treatment of fanaticism.One of the supreme masterpieces of Romantic fiction and Scottish literature, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is a terrifying account of murder and amorality, and one man's descent into madness and despair.The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified SinnerĮdited by Ian Duncan Oxford World's Classics Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public Health.The European Society of Cardiology Series.Oxford Commentaries on International Law.
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