Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) [ Art and Literature ]
… the one who understood best the mechanisms of celebrity, and who used his appetite for sociability to further his reputation. This entry examines the works and career of the author of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman … 1 By then, Sterne was the acclaimed author of the ongoing Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman , and his reputation, already well established in England, had reached the continent. He was welcome in the salons of Paris; … 7 . Sterne himself was not averse to using the name of Shandy in social intercourse. There is a mutual exchange in the reputation of author and fictional character, one fostering the other. The novelist was thus a celebrity, both in France …
Salons | Enlightenment | Sentiment | Novel | Celebrity | Satire | Slavery
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