Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) [ Art and Literature ]
… life, culminating in the publication of A Political Romance in 1759. It is a satirical pamphlet, which is scathing towards the life of the Church in York, in the spirit of A Tale of a Tub but without the genius. While of local concern, it … Sterne proceeded to publish it at his own expense, ‘merely to feel the Pulse of the World’. 4 It was printed by Ann Ward, in York, but the first edition bears no indication of the printer on the title-page. Given the success of the book, … of Tristram Shandy , being invited to attend salons such as the Baron d’Holbach’s – also frequented by David Hume or Edward Gibbon – talking to David Garrick of the ‘unexpected honours I have met with here’. 10 He adds: ‘Tristram was almost …
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