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Samuel Johnson And Samuel Richardson Condemned It. James Boswell And Goethe Proclaimed It A Masterpiece. And From The Beginning Sterne Realized He Had Written A Book That Would Not Suit Everyone's Taste. For More Than Two Centuries. Tristram Shandy (1759-67) Has Astounded - And By Turns Confounded, Captivated, Angered, And Amused But Ever Entertained - Readers Worldwide. While On The Surface A Comic, Disjointed Account Of The Title Character's Life And Times, The Work Is In Fact A Brilliant Commentary On Life's Inherent Chaos, The Pointed Challenge Of British Clergy-man-turned-author Laurence Sterne To The Twin Concepts Of Rationalism And Sentimentalism. Delineating His Views Through Skillfully Drawn Representations - Among Them Tristram, Yorick, And Uncle Toby - Sterne Pinpointed Issues Central To Not Only His Era But Our Own. Filled With Thought-provoking Ideas And Marked By An Open, Conversational Writing Style, Tristram Shandy: A Book For Free Spirits Is An Adroit Guide To Understanding The Aims And Achievements Of Sterne's Masterpiece And To Fully Appreciating Its Lessons For Contemporary Times. Chronology: Laurence Sterne's Life And Works -- Literary And Historical Context. 1

Author

New, Melvyn

Publisher

New York: Twayne Publishers

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780805783582

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24