Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) [ Art and Literature ]
… presupposes a form of sociability, and of cooperative engagement, most characters indulge their ‘hobby-horses’: a ruling passion which leads Walter Shandy to discourse about discourse, Toby to reenact the siege of Namur where he was wounded, … Sterne would use the name of ‘Bramin’ while Eliza would be referred to as ‘Bramine’. The correspondence displays the passion in which Sterne seemed to have been absorbed. When she sailed for India, Sterne started a journal, originally …
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