The Spy: A Periodical Paper of Literary Amusement and Instruction

by James Hogg

Hogg's extremely rare periodical of 1810-11 shows him reacting to the writers, personalities, and locales of Scotland's capital city after his move to Edinburgh from Ettrick and his career-change from shepherd and farmer to professional author. His characteristically astute and idiosyncratic vision reveals a rather different city from that of Walter Scott and Francis Jeffrey, and his band of contributors form another audience for his work than the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748614176
• ISBN13: 9780748614172
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 712 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 6.1" x 9.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher