Ian Duncan studied at King's College, Cambridge, and Yale University; he is Florence Green Boxby Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Modern Romance and Transformations of the Novel (1992), Scott's Shadow: The Novel in Romantic Edinburgh (2007), and editions of works by Walter Scott and James Hogg. He is a General Editor of the Collected Works of James Hogg. The late Douglas S. Mack was formerly Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Stirling.

• Acknowledgements; Series Editors' Preface; Brief Biography of James Hogg - Ian Duncan; Introduction: Hogg and his Worlds - Ian Duncan; 1. Hogg, Ettrick, and Oral Tradition - Valentina Bold and Suzanne Gilbert; 2. Hogg and the Book Trade - Peter Garside; 3. Magazines, Annuals and the Press - Gillian Hughes; 4. Hogg's Reception and Reputation - Suzanne Gilbert; 5. Hogg and the Highlands - Hans de Groot; 6. Hogg and Working-Class Writing - Sharon Alker and Holly Faith Nelson; 7. Politics and the Presbyterian Tradition - Douglas S. Mack; 8. Hogg and Nationality - Caroline McCracken-Flesher; 9. Hogg, Gender, and Sexuality - Silvia Mergenthal; 10. Hogg and Music - Kirsteen McCue; 11. Hogg as Poet - Fiona Wilson; 12. Hogg and the Theatre - Meiko O'Halloran; 13. Hogg and the Short Story - John Plotz; 14. Hogg and the Novel - Graham Tulloch; 15. Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner: Approaches - Penny Fielding; 16. Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner: Afterlives - Gillian Hughes; Endnotes; Further Reading; Notes on Contributors; Index.

The book is beautifully produced [...]. No doubt those who edited and contributed to this magnificient book, and have already done so much to ensure that Hogg is no longer a second-tier author.