Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) [ Art and Literature ]
… became vicar of Sutton-in-the-Forest, a village in Yorkshire, where he remained until 1760. Sterne published himself his sermons. They are neither the work of a sharp theologian nor of a particularly original preacher, but they suggest an Anglican priest in tune with the theology of his time. Even though he explored some familiar themes in his sermons, they do not give many clues about the writer. And yet, they were sufficiently important to him, and indeed Corporal Trim, in Tristram Shandy , reads one of these sermons to the assembly. Sterne published his sermons under the title The Sermons of Mr. Yorick (1760, 1766). This caused …
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