Timeline
Lifetime:
1770 -
1835
Passed: ≈
190 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
Crime
Horror
Fiction
Psychology
Religion
Mystery
Scotland
Angels
Devils
Psychological mystery
Modern crime fiction
Antinomianism
Demonic possession
Criminal anti-hero
Set in 18th-century Scotland, amidst a society rife with religious extremism, 'Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner' delves into the twisted psyche of Robert Wringhim, a young man convinced of his own righteousness. Driven by an unwa...