Books in the Perspectives: Scottish Studies of the Long Eighteenth Century series

This study, first published in 1976, is the first to attempt to trace the real relationship between Hogg and his Edinburgh contemporaries, and to show how Hogg developed from poetry to fiction and his major novels.

An original and important exploration of religion and culture during the Scottish Enlightenment from the focus of a detailed study of the implications of the 'chair of verity' for political preaching.