172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
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Max Byrd’s lucidly written and compelling volume aims to provide a scholarly introduction to one of the most puzzling pieces of eighteenth-century literature, and a stimulus to critical thought and discussion.
Laurence Sterne – an eccentric and largely unsuccessful clergyman - was forty-six when he sat down in January of 1759 to being his literary masterpiece. Aside from his sermons, only two... Read more
Acknowledgements; Abbreviations 1. ‘A Picture of Myself’ 2. The Line of Wit: Literary Backgrounds 3. An Age of Sensibility 4. Style 5. The Discovery of a Key: Volumes I and II 6. The Indecent and the Sentimental Sublime: Volumes III-VI 7. ‘Joy of the Worm’: Volumes VII-IX 8. Critical History; Selected Bibliography; Index
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Byrd, Max
