Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) [ Art and Literature ]
… under the title The Sermons of Mr. Yorick (1760, 1766). This caused the displeasure of some critics who disapproved of publication of religious texts under the name of Yorick, the King’s jester in Hamlet , a fictional character in Tristram … Elizabeth Lumley in 1741. While in Yorkshire, Sterne gave a modest contribution to political life, culminating in the publication of A Political Romance in 1759. It is a satirical pamphlet, which is scathing towards the life of the Church … and only a handful of copies have survived. The pleasures of writing in the satirical vein soon became apparent with the publication of the first two volumes of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman in 1759. The encyclopedic …
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