Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) [ Art and Literature ]
… while Sterne’s second extensive work can be seen as an exploration of sociability. People > Art and Literature Keywords Salons Enlightenment Sentiment Novel Celebrity Satire Slavery In a letter written from Paris to the actor David Garrick, … Gentleman , and his reputation, already well established in England, had reached the continent. He was welcome in the salons of Paris; Diderot recognized in him ‘le Rabelais des Anglais,’ 2 and to his hosts he was as much the hero of his … testify to the reception he met with in Paris, being feted as the author of Tristram Shandy , being invited to attend salons such as the Baron d’Holbach’s – also frequented by David Hume or Edward Gibbon – talking to David Garrick of the …
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