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the three perils of man or war women and witchcraft a border romance
this is one of hoggs longest and also one of his most original and daring works . gillian hughess uncovering of the original manuscript in the fales library of new york university in august 2001 allows the editors to produce here a text that reflects hoggs original intentions . alongside the two main plots the supernatural located at aikwood castle and the chivalric located at roxburgh castle a series of embedded narratives provides the reader with amongst other things pictures of the traditional and timeless world of rural life in which hogg had grown up and of early scottish history . the name sir walter scott used through most of the manuscript is restored and passages excised from the manuscript or omitted when the printed edition was prepared are included in the editorial apparatus . in several cases hoggs more daringly explicit language has been brought back where the printed edition has bowdlerised or subdued the expression . the restoration of the name in particular makes explicit how mu
hardcover columbia univ pr 2009 isbn13 9780748638116 isbn10 0748638113
book type fi isbn 13 9780748638116 number of pages 558 publisher edinburgh univ pr release date 62135769600000