Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) [ Art and Literature ]
… (1713-1768), 1760, National Portrait Gallery, London. Abstract While Laurence Sterne was not one of the most prolific novelists of the eighteenth century, he was certainly the one who understood best the mechanisms of celebrity, and who … 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, Laurence Sterne wrote in 1762: … salons of Paris; Diderot recognized in him ‘le Rabelais des Anglais,’ 2 and to his hosts he was as much the hero of his novel (‘ce Chevalier Shandy’) as the man, Laurence Sterne. His fictional character merged with his social persona, his …
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