Hogg, James

Hogg, James
(baptized Dec. 9, 1770, Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scot.
died Nov. 21, 1835, Altrive, Yarrow) Scottish poet.

A shepherd, he was almost entirely self-educated. The talents of "the Ettrick Shepherd" were discovered by Walter Scott when Hogg supplied material for Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, and his popularity accompanied the ballad revival of the early Romantic movement. Hogg's other writings include the poetry collection The Queen's Wake (1813) and The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824), a novel about religious mania with a psychopathic hero that anticipates the modern psychological thriller.

* * *

▪ Scottish poet
baptized Dec. 9, 1770, Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scot.
died Nov. 21, 1835, Altrive, Yarrow, Selkirkshire
 Scottish poet, known as the “Ettrick Shepherd,” who enjoyed a vogue during the ballad revival that accompanied the Romantic movement.

      Hogg spent most of his youth and early manhood as a shepherd and was almost entirely self-educated. His talent was discovered early by Sir Walter Scott, to whom he supplied material for Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. Before publishing The Queen's Wake (1813), a book of poems concerning Mary Stuart, Hogg went in 1810 to Edinburgh, where he met Lord Byron, Robert Southey, and William Wordsworth. Of Hogg's prolific poetic output, only a few narrative poems and ballads included in the Wake are of lasting value. Among them are “Kilmeny” and “The Witch of Fife.” Probably a more important work is Hogg's novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824), a macabre tale of a psychopath that anticipates the modern psychological thriller.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Hogg, James — (bautizado el 9 dic. 1770, Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Escocia–21 nov. 1835, Altrive, Yarrow). Poeta escocés. Pastor de oficio, fue casi un autodidacta. Walter Scott descubrió y reveló el talento de Hogg cuando este le aportó material para su obra… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Hogg, James, The Ettrick Shepherd — (1770 1835)    Hogg spent most of his youth and early manhood as a shepherd in Ettrick Forest in the Scottish Borders. He was almost entirely self educated, but was able to read the Bible and the catechism. Sir Walter Scott included some poems… …   British and Irish poets

  • Hogg, James (The Ettrick Shepherd) — (1770 1835)    Poet, and writer of tales, belonged to a race of shepherds, and began life by herding cows until he was old enough to be trusted with a flock of sheep. His imagination was fed by his mother, who was possessed of an inexhaustible… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • HOGG, JAMES —    a Scottish poet, born in Ettrick; had little or no schooling; was bred a shepherd; took to rhyming; fell in with Sir Walter Scott, whom he assisted with his Border Minstrelsy ; rented a farm, and first came into notice by the publication of… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • James Hogg — (* Dezember 1770 auf einer Farm im Ettrick Forest, damals Grafschaft Selkirkshire, heute Distrikt Scottish Borders, getauft am 9. Dezember 1770; † 21. November 1835 auf seiner Farm Altrive Lake, Scottish Borders) war ein schottischer Dichter.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • James Hogg — James Hogg. James Hogg (1770 21 de noviembre de 1835) fue un poeta y novelista escocés que escribió en inglés y escocés. Antes de dedicarse a la literatura fue pastor de ganado, viviendo en una extrema pobreza. Fue contemporáneo y amigo de Walter …   Wikipedia Español

  • James — James, Henry James, Henry James, William * * * (as used in expressions) Agee, James Anderson, (James) Maxwell Audubon, John James Baldwin, James (Arthur) Balfour (de Whittingehame), Arthur James, 1 conde Ballard, J(ames) G(raham) Barrie, Sir… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Hogg — Hogg, James, genannt der Ettrickschäfer, schott. Volksdichter, geb. Dez. 1770 zu Ettrick (Südschottland), zuletzt Gutspächter von Altrive Lake, gest. das. 21. Nov. 1835; schrieb Gedichte, Legenden u.a. Werke mit Biogr. von Wilson (5 Bde., 1850… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • James Stephen Hogg — Jim Hogg James Stephen „Jim“ Hogg (* 24. März 1851 in der Nähe von Rusk, Texas; † 3. März 1906 in Houston) war ein texanischer Rechtsanwalt und 21. Gouverneur von Texas. Leben Hogg wurde am 24. März 1851 als Sohn von Joseph Lewis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • James Hogg — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Hogg. James Hogg James Hogg, né en 1770, mort le 21 novembre 1835, est un poète et romancier …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”