Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) [ Art and Literature ]
… exploration of sociability. People > Art and Literature Mots-clés Salons Enlightenment Sentiment Novel Celebrity Satire Slavery In a letter written from Paris to the actor David Garrick, Laurence Sterne wrote in 1762: ‘have converted many … because she has no one to stand up for her——' (IX.vi.748) This shows Sterne’s readiness to engage with the issue of slavery, and perhaps inaugurates the use of sentiment towards the victims of slavery, later apparent for instance in the famous medallion by Josiah Wedgwood : ‘Am I not a man and brother?’ 15 The …
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