The novel Tristram Shandy by Lawrence Sterne not only caused a sensation among the reading public, but also elicited many a surprised comment from amongst the eminent litterateurs of the time. Particularly apt is the following remark made by playwright and novelist Oliver Goldsmith. “In one page...
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Laurence Sterne? s Tristram Shandy Response Paper: “The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy” as a forerunner to the (post)modernist novels of the 20th century 1 Laurence Sterne? s “The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy” as a forerunner to the (post)modernist novels of the 20th century Although...
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Does Tristram Shandy demonstrate that there can be postmodern texts before Postmodernism? Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy dominated the London literary marketplace during its serial publication from 1759-1767. Like his contemporary writers, Sterne engages in debates concerning what we would now...
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Introduction 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy' is a novel written by Laurence Sterne, which was published in nine volumes from 1759 until the author's untimely death in 1767. Although classified as an 18th century novel, Tristram Shandy does not fit the proverbial box of the era. The...
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Rice University Sexuality/Textuality in Tristram Shandy Author(s): Dennis W. Allen Reviewed work(s): Source: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 25, No. 3, Restoration and Eighteenth Century (Summer, 1985), pp. 651-670 Published by: Rice University Stable URL: http://www. jstor...
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Tristram Shandy: An Anti-Novel Laurence Sterne’s novel, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, was published in nine volumes between 1759 and 1766. The text is suggested to be the autobiography of Tristram Shandy, as the title proposes, but the most of the events of the book occur...
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Trinstram Shandy and David Copperfield are two fictional protagonists depicted in England, in the 18th and 19th century respectively, that display their life stories through narration that unfold many aspects of humanity and how they, as male figures, came to important realizations in their lives...
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman is a novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next 10 years. For its time, the novel is highly unconventional in its narrative technique - even though it also...
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