Laurence Sterne : a Life

The publication of a bawdy novel, Tristram Shandy (1759-67), dramatically changed the life of Laurence Sterne. An obscure provincial clergyman, emotionally and professionally frustrated, he became the most fashionable writer of his day. Praised and reviled in turn, Sterne enjoyed a celebrity which illuminates the nature of eighteenth-century literary fame.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Ian Campbell Ross is a Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, where he teaches English Literature. His publications include Public Virtue, Public Love: The Early Years of the Dublin Lying-in Hospital (1986, Umbria: A Cultural History (1996), Locating Swift (with Aileen Douglas and Patrick Kelly, 1998), and editions of Laurence Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and Henry James's The Europeans, both for Oxford World's Classics.

Zusammenfassung

The publication of a bawdy novel, Tristram Shandy (1759-67), dramatically changed the life of Laurence Sterne. An obscure provincial clergyman, emotionally and professionally frustrated, he became the most fashionable writer of his day. Praised and reviled in turn, Sterne enjoyed a celebrity which illuminates the nature of eighteenth-century literary fame.

Zusatztext

intelligent and highly readable biography

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ian Campbell ( Ross, Ross Ian Campbell, Ian Campbell (Fellow of Trinity College Ross, Ian Campbell Ross
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Trade
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.07.2002
• Thema: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Biographien, Autobiographien
• EAN: 9780192804068
• ISBN: 978-0-19-280406-8
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 14.6 x 23 x 2.6 cm
• Themen: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, English, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Biography: historical, political and military, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form