The Cambridge Companion to Laurence Sterne Paperback / softback
Edited by Thomas (Chancellor Jackman Professor of English, University of Oxford) Keymer
Part of the Cambridge Companions to Literature series
Paperback / softback
- Information
Description
Best known today for the innovative satire and experimental narrative of Tristram Shandy (1759–67), Laurence Sterne was no less famous in his time for A Sentimental Journey (1768) and for his controversial sermons.
Sterne spent much of his life as an obscure clergyman in rural Yorkshire.
But he brilliantly exploited the sensation achieved with the first instalment of Tristram Shandy to become, by his death in 1768, a fashionable celebrity across Europe.
In this Companion, specially commissioned essays by leading scholars provide an authoritative and accessible guide to Sterne's writings in their historical and cultural context.
Exploring key issues in his work, including sentimentalism, national identity, gender, print culture and visual culture, as well as his subsequent influence on a range of important literary movements and modes, the book offers a comprehensive new account of Sterne's life and work.
Information
-
Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages, 12 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:20/08/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521614948
Information
-
Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages, 12 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:20/08/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521614948
