Laurence Sterne

Gebundenes Buch

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

Beschreibung

As Tristram Shandy narrates his life story, he is unable to explain anything simply. Throughout his memoir, Tristram as narrator struggles to marshal his material and finish the story of his life.

Autor

Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 - 18 March 1768) was an Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He wrote the novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, and also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics. Sterne's novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman sold widely in England and throughout Europe. Translations of the work began to appear in all the major European languages almost upon its publication, and Sterne influenced European writers as diverse as Denis Diderot and the German Romanticists. His work had also noticeable influence over Brazilian author Machado de Assis, who made use of the digressive technique in the novel The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas. Tristram Shandy, in which Sterne manipulates narrative time and voice, parodies accepted narrative form, and includes a healthy dose of bawdy humour, was largely dismissed in England as being too corrupt. This is strikingly different from the views of European critics of the day, who praised Sterne and Tristram Shandy as innovative and superior. Voltaire called it "clearly superior to Rabelais", and later Goethe praised Sterne as "the most beautiful spirit that ever lived."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Engage Books
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 857g
• ISBN-13: 9781774766248
• ISBN-10: 1774766248
• Artikelnr.: 66403246