The Cambridge Companion to Laurence Sterne (Hardcover)

Best known today for the innovative satire and experimental narrative of Tristram Shandy (1759 67), Laurence Sterne was no less famous in his time for A Sentimental Journey (1768) and for his controversial sermons. Sterne spent much of his life as an obscure clergyman in rural Yorkshire. But he brilliantly exploited the sensation achieved with the first instalment of Tristram Shandy to become, by his death in 1768, a fashionable celebrity across Europe. In this Companion, specially commissioned essays by leading scholars provide an authoritative and accessible guide to Sterne's writings in their historical and cultural context. Exploring key issues in his work, including sentimentalism, national identity, gender, print culture and visual culture, as well as his subsequent influence on a range of important literary movements and modes, the book offers a comprehensive new account of Sterne's life and work.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Companions to Literature
Release date:	August 2009
First published:	August 2009
Editors:	Thomas Keymer (Chancellor Jackman Professor of English)
Dimensions:	235 x 157 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-84972-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	0-521-84972-1
Barcode:	9780521849722

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