Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) [ Art and Literature ]
… > 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 unto Shandeism—for be it known I … , 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 novel (‘ce … Shandy.’ Lettre à Sophie Volland, 7 octobre 1762, Oeuvres de Denis Diderot , tome V: Correspondance, Coll. Bouquins (Paris: Robert Laffont, 1999), p. 456. 3 . On trans-channel literature, see for instance Margaret Cohen and Carolyn Dever, …
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