Timeline
Lifetime:
1770 -
1835
Passed: ≈
189 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
James Hogg
Books by James Hogg
Boy's Song
Poetry
19th century
Youth
Nature
Bildungsroman
Autobiography
Childhood
Rural Life
Coming-of-age
Verse
Scotland
Nature writing
A Boy's Song is an autobiographical poem by James Hogg, first published in 1816. It is a coming-of-age story that tells of the author's childhood in the Scottish Borders. The poem is written in a simple, unaffected style and is full of vivid descript...
Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
An early example of a psychological mystery and modern crime fiction, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner details the experience of its criminal anti-hero. It is set in Scotland within a world where angels, devils, and demonic p...