The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

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Gothic novel Scottish literature novel

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is an 1824 Scottish Gothic novel that explores religious fanaticism, psychological doubling, and unreliable narration through the confessions of a self-proclaimed predestined sinner.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gothic novel ⓘ Scottish literature ⓘ novel ⓘ
adaptation	radio adaptations ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ
author	James Hogg NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTheme	Calvinist predestination ⓘ good and evil ⓘ identity and self ⓘ madness ⓘ psychological doubling ⓘ religious fanaticism ⓘ
character	George Colwan NERFINISHED ⓘ Gil-Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Scotland ⓘ
genre	Gothic fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ religious fiction ⓘ
hasMotif	confessional manuscript ⓘ devil or demonic tempter ⓘ doppelgänger ⓘ
influenced	20th-century Gothic fiction ⓘ Scottish modernist writers ⓘ
literaryMovement	Romanticism ⓘ
literarySignificance	early example of psychological horror ⓘ major work of Scottish Gothic fiction ⓘ precursor to modernist narrative experimentation ⓘ
narrativeForm	first-person narrative ⓘ frame narrative ⓘ
narrativeTechnique	dual narrative ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
placeOfPublication	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
protagonist	Robert Wringhim NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate	1824 ⓘ
publisher	Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green NERFINISHED ⓘ
reception	largely neglected on initial publication ⓘ rediscovered and acclaimed in the 20th century ⓘ
settingLocation	Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure	editor’s narrative and sinner’s memoir ⓘ
subject	extreme Calvinism ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ persecution and murder ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	early 18th century ⓘ late 17th century ⓘ

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