Laurence Sterne

The Works of Laurence Sterne V8 (LARGE PRINT EDITION)

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Produktbeschreibung

(LARGE PRINT EDITION) 1790. Part Eight of Eight. Containing Tristram Shandy and the Political Romance; Sentimental Journey with the Continuation; The Koran; Letters; Sermons; and with An Account of the Life and Writings of the Author. Sterne, English humorist, whose masterpiece Tristram Shandy was a popular success despite its being denounced on moral and literary grounds by Dr. Johnson, Horace Walpole, and others. His travels to the Continent resulted in the unfinished, A Sentimental Journey. He also published in his lifetime several volumes of sermons. One of the most entertaining and original literary works in English, Tristram Shandy is, in a sense, a parody of a novel. It is a hodgepodge of character sketches, blank pages, dramatic action, transposed chapters, and various digressions. Sterne constantly obtrudes himself into the novel and is by turns witty, satiric, sentimental, knowledgeable, and obscene. Beneath this apparent chaos, however, is a structure based on the association of ideas. In Tristram Shandy Sterne enlarged the scope of the novel from the mere recording of external incidents to the depiction of a complex of internal impressions, thoughts, and feelings. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1078g
• ISBN-13: 9781169841062
• ISBN-10: 1169841066
• Artikelnr.: 37467620

Autorenporträt

Laurence Sterne was born on November 24, 1713, in Clonmel, Ireland, to a military family, leading to a childhood of frequent relocations. He later studied at Jesus College, Cambridge, earning degrees in 1737 and 1740 before becoming an ordained priest. With the help of his influential uncle, he secured a clerical position in Yorkshire.In 1741, Sterne married Elizabeth Lumley, though their relationship was troubled, partly due to her mental health struggles. He initially engaged in political writing but abandoned it after facing criticism. His first satirical work, A Political Romance (1759), was banned and burned by church authorities.That same year, he published The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, which gained immediate fame for its unconventional style. He continued writing until his health deteriorated due to tuberculosis, publishing A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy in 1768. Sterne died on March 18, 1768, in London, leaving behind a literary legacy that influenced modern narrative techniques.