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Routledge
365 Pages
by
Routledge
365 Pages
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Routledge
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First published in 1975, Laurence Sterne is biography of Sterne’s life which emphasizes those experiences which informed Sterne’s fiction. The book is based on an exhaustive search for original documents, and a study of the social, political, and ecclesiastical institutions which shaped Sterne’s world. We see the novelist as a soldier’s child, student, struggling young cleric, Yorkshire famer,... Read more
Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Short Titles & Abbreviations The Sterne family: a sketch pedigree 1. Birth & Early Childhood 2. Hipperholme, Halifax & Skircoat 3. Cambridge 4. Early Career & Marriage 5. Politics 6. Vicar of Sutton 7. Stillington & the Tindal farm 8. The ’45 9. Crazy Castle 10. Hobby Horses 11. Prebendary of York 12. Commissary of the Peculiar Courts 13. A Political Romance 14. Tristram Shandy, I-II Appendix I Appendix II Index
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Arthur H. Cash






