Tristram Shandy

Author : Laurence Sterne
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780191606205

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A Sentimental Journey and Other Writings by Laurence Sterne Pdf

'Love is nothing without feeling. And feeling is still less without love.' Celebrated in its own day as the progenitor of 'a school of sentimental writers', A Sentimental Journey (1768) has outlasted its many imitators because of the humour and mischievous eroticism that inform Mr Yorick's travels. Setting out to journey to France and Italy he gets little further than Lyons but finds much to appreciate, in contrast to contemporary travel writers whom Sterne satirizes in the figures of Smelfungus and Mundungus. A master of ambiguity and double entendre, Sterne is nevertheless as concerned as his peers with exploring the nature of virtue; unlike other writers of sentimental fiction Sterne insists on the inseparability of desire and feeling. This new edition includes a selection from The Sermons of Mr Yorick, which shed light on the concerns of the Journey, The Journal to Eliza, which records Sterne's feelings as he languishes for the company of Eliza Draper, and A Political Romance, the satire on a local ecclesiastical squabble that was the catalyst for Sterne's literary career. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author : Max Byrd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317678564

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Tristram Shandy (Routledge Revivals) by Max Byrd Pdf

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 of which had ever been published, Sterne had little more to do with the literary life than any other respectable provincial clergyman. His explosion into the history of English literature occurred not only without preparation, but also without apparent aptitude. Tristram Shandy, first published in 1985, sketches Sterne’s life and literary antecedents, closely analysing key passages of his great satire and concluding with the critical history and bibliography. It will thus be of use to all students of eighteenth-century English literature.

Author : Thomas Keymer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0195175603

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Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy by Thomas Keymer Pdf

Thomas Keymer's introduction to this casebook examines the historical context and controversial reception of Tristram Shandy, and connects the essays selected for inclusion to the diverse traditions of Sterne Criticism.

Author : Javier Marías
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0811216896

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Written Lives by Javier Marías Pdf

An affectionate and very funny gallery of twenty great world authors from the pen of "the most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature" (The Boston Globe).

Author : John Traugott
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520345317

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Tristram Shandy's World by John Traugott Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1954.

Author : John Traugott
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780520372542

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Tristram Shandy's World by John Traugott Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1954.

Author : Виктор Шкловский
Publisher : Dalkey Archive Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0916583643

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Theory of Prose by Виктор Шкловский Pdf

"Viktor Shklovsky's 1925 book Theory of Prose might have become the most important work of literary criticism in the twentieth century had not two obstacles barred its way: the crackdown by the Soviet dictatorship on Shklovsky and other Russian Formalists in the 1930s, and the unavailability of an English translation. Now translated in its entirety for the first time, Theory of Prose not only anticipates structuralism and post-structuralism, but poses questions about the nature of fiction that are as provocative today as they were in the 1920s. Arguing that writers structure their material according to artistic principles rather than from attempts to imitate "reality," Shklovsky uses Cervantes, Tolstoi, Sterne, Dickens, Bely, and Rozanov to give us a new way of thinking about fiction and, in his most impassioned moments, about the world. Benjamin Sher's lucid translation will allow Shklovsky's Theory of Prose to fulfill its destiny as a major theoretical work of the twentieth century." from back cover.

Author : Stefan Kiesbye
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101603635

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Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone by Stefan Kiesbye Pdf

Shirley Jackson meets The Twilight Zone in this riveting novel of supernatural horror—for readers who loved Ransom Riggs’ Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children A village on the Devil‘s Moor: a place untouched by time and shrouded in superstition. There is the grand manor house whose occupants despise the villagers, the small pub whose regulars talk of revenants, the old mill no one dares to mention. This is where four young friends come of age—in an atmosphere thick with fear and suspicion. Their innocent games soon bring them face-to-face with the village‘s darkest secrets in this eerily dispassionate, astonishingly assured novel, infused with the spirit of the Brothers Grimm and evocative of Stephen King‘s classic short story “Children of the Corn” and the films The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke and Village of the Damned by Wolf Rilla.

Author : Bright Summaries
Publisher : BrightSummaries.com
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-03
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9782808016216

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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne (Book Analysis) by Bright Summaries Pdf

Unlock the more straightforward side of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne, a biography of the title character with a striking difference: he is not even born until the third of its nine volumes. Indeed, throughout this sprawling work, the narrator leads the reader on a series of lengthy digressions on subjects as diverse as philosophy, obstetrics and military strategy, and we learn relatively little about Tristram himself. The novel’s highly original approach to narrative, bawdy humour and incisive satire influenced numerous later writers, and it regularly features on lists of the greatest English-language novels ever written. Find out everything you need to know about The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman in a fraction of the time! This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you: • A complete plot summary • Character studies • Key themes and symbols • Questions for further reflection Why choose BrightSummaries.com? Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you on your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!

Author : Laurence Sterne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1775
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023501389

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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy ... The Tenth Edition by Laurence Sterne Pdf

Author : Henry Fielding,Thomas Roscoe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : England
ISBN : UCAL:B4107965

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The History of Tom Jones by Henry Fielding,Thomas Roscoe Pdf

Author : Markus Widmer
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783640202744

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Time in "Tristram Shandy" by Markus Widmer Pdf

Essay from the year 1998 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1 (A), University of Aberdeen (English Department), course: Tristram Shandy, 4 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Metafiction, according to Patricia Waugh, consists of 'the construction of a fictional illusion (as in traditional realism) and the laying bare of that illusion'. Tristram Shandy, I will argue in this essay, undermines fictional illusion by foregrounding 'the most fundamental set of all narrative conventions: those concerning the representations of time' (Waugh 70). I will exemplify this by trying to apply a conventional set of narratological terms to Tristram Shandy. I will show that these terms, which are based on conventional narratives, are neither exhaustive nor distinctive when one tries to use them for Tristram Shandy. Narrative fiction, Rimmon-Kenan states, has three main aspects: story, text and narration: 'Story' designates the narrated events, abstracted from their disposition in the text and reconstructed in their chronological order, together with the participants in these events. Whereas 'story' is a succession of events, 'text' is a spoken or written discourse which undertakes their telling. ... Time is essential for all of these three aspects, as will become clear in my discussion. Time in itself, following Rimmon-Kenan, can be viewed in three respects: order, duration, and frequency (p. 46). I will focus on the first two aspects since they are more essential to the novel than frequency.4 Finally, I will discuss whether, after my discussion of Tristram Shandy's time structure, one can conclude that the novel is a metafiction according to Waugh's definition of the term.

Author : Laurence Sterne
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 843 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9788026894285

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Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "Tristram Shandy" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Tristram Shandy or, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman purports to be a biography of the eponymous character. Its style is marked by digression, double entendre, and graphic devices. As its title suggests, the book is ostensibly Tristram's narration of his life story. But it is one of the central jokes of the novel that he cannot explain anything simply, that he must make explanatory diversions to add context and colour to his tale. Most of the action is concerned with domestic upsets or misunderstandings, which find humour in the opposing temperaments of its central characters. Arthur Schopenhauer cited Tristram Shandy as one of the greatest novels ever written.

Author : Laurence Sterne
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1853262919

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Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne Pdf

Introduces us to a group of memorable characters, variously eccentric, farcical and endearing. This book involves the reader in the labyrinthine creation of a purported autobiography. It anticipates modernism and postmodernism.

Author : Laurence Sterne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1782
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023878866

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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman ... A New Edition by Laurence Sterne Pdf