Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) [ Art and Literature ]
… and career of the author of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman , and of A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy . It reminds us that the world of Tristram Shandy is characterized by sociability as its narrative … his two major works, Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759-67), as well as A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (1768), may be read against the background of the form of sociability he favoured, which rested on … in the reputation of author and fictional character, one fostering the other. The novelist was thus a celebrity, both in France and in England, through complex interactions between literary fiction and social life. Image Legend Joshua …
Salons | Enlightenment | Sentiment | Novel | Celebrity | Satire | Slavery
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