The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner with James Kelman

Author James Kelman joins us to discuss James Hogg's The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, originally published in 1824. It tells the story of a staunch Calvininst who is lured into a killing spree by a mysterious, shapeshifting being. We discuss the novel's unusual structure, moral ambiguity, and mixture of genres. Kelman offers historical insight into the book's philospophy and places the work in a modern, international context. References:Andre GideFranz KafkaThe Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides by James Boswell and Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Samuel JohnsonThe Collected Letters of James HoggThe Brownie of BodsbeckJohn BrownWilliam BlakeEdgar Allan PoeRobert Louis StevensonDracula by Bram StokerSamuel BeckettThe CastleThe TrialPeggotty in David Copperfield by Charles DickensImmanuel KantDavid HumeAdam SmithFrancis HutchinsonJames Clerk MaxwellHegelKarl MarxSoren KierkegaardRene DecartesFrankenstein by Mary ShelleyBlackwood's MagazineLudwig WittgensteinFrancisco GoyaWilliam WordsworthStrange Case of Dr Jekyl and Mr HydeHow Late It Was, How LateRobert the BruceGoetheAlbert Camus Fyodor DostoevskyJack KerouacKnut HamsunLucinda WilliamsTom Leonard Find us on Twitter or Instagram, and click here to view our most up-to-date episode schedule.