James Hogg's Ambiguously Justified Sinner

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dc.contributor.authorDobbs, Joshua D.en
dc.contributor.committeechairGraham, Peter W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRadcliffe, David H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMetz, Nancy Aycocken
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-28T08:01:00Zen
dc.date.available2016-06-28T08:01:00Zen
dc.date.issued2016-06-27en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores Hogg's interpretation of indeterminacy both throughout his career and in Justified Sinner, especially in the character Gil-Martin. Hogg seems to reject the tradition of choosing one side over another in such a dichotomy, and instead chooses to look at both extremes as equally co-present. Hogg wrote Justified Sinner within the framework of the literary Gothic tradition and used Gothic tropes to create ambiguity throughout his novel, as is the case throughout his body of works. Many of the ambiguities in Justified Sinner center on the character Gil-Martin. My interpretation of Gil-Martin's ambiguity complicates the traditional scholarship on Justified Sinner.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:8097en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/71639en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectfairyen
dc.subjectfolkloreen
dc.subjectliteratureen
dc.subjectScottishen
dc.subjectScotchen
dc.subjectGil-Martinen
dc.subjectCalvinismen
dc.subjectJames Hoggen
dc.subjectdoppelgängeren
dc.subjectdoppelgangeren
dc.subjectDevilen
dc.subjectambiguityen
dc.titleJames Hogg's Ambiguously Justified Sinneren
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglishen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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