James Hogg: Scotland's Shepherd Poet
Library of Congress.
American Folklife Center,
sponsoring body
moving image
videorecording
government publication
two-dimensional moving image
dcu
2020
monographic
Washington, D.C. :
Library of Congress,
publisher
2020-02-21.
eng
1 online resource
This one-day symposium explored the work of James Hogg, "The Ettrick Shepherd" (1770-1835), an influential Scottish song-maker, folklore collector, novelist and poet. Inspired by Robert Burns, colleague of Walter Scott and friend of Lord Byron, Hogg played a major role in creating and promoting Scottish culture, within Scotland and internationally. Widely read in 19th century America, he is best remembered for his novels, including "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner" (1824) and his folksong collection "Jacobite Reliques" (1819). This symposium, for the first time, compared his work with that of more recent American performers and collectors, who also served as intermediaries between the worlds of folk, popular and literary culture.
Classification: History (General) and History of Europe.
Classification: Language and Literature.
Classification: Music and Books on Music.
Adrian Hunter, Sheena Wellington, Billy Kay, Valentina Bold.
Recorded on 2020-02-21.
Adrian Hunter is senior lecturer in English studies at the University of Stirling, in Scotland. His edition of James Hogg's "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner" is widely adopted on North American university courses. He is currently preparing a collection of Hogg's contributions to magazines and newspapers across the Atlantic world, to be published in 2020.
Sheena Wellington, one of Scotland's leading traditional singers, was born in Dundee into a family of singers who gave her many of the songs which she sings today. She sang "A Man's a Man for 'a That" at the opening ceremony of the first Scottish Parliament in 300 years in 1999.
Billy Kay was born in Galston, Ayrshire in 1951, and educated at Galston High School, Kilmarnock Academy and Edinburgh University. His company, Odyssey Productions, produces documentaries on Scottish cultural history for BBC Radio Scotland. He is a passionate advocate of the Scots language and author of the classic work "Scots: The Mither Tongue."
Valentina Bold is a leading expert on Scottish literature, stories and song. She is currently undertaking consultancy work for the University of Stirling, as part of "James Hogg 250," a year-long literary anniversary projected for 2020. Her groundbreaking book, "James Hogg: A Bard of Nature's Making" (2007) was the first critical study of the Ettrick Shepherd's poetry.
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