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Zusatztext ...as far as the reception of Sterne is concerned, this is an extremely thorough and well-researched study. Throughout, Asfour has a keen eye for the entertaining anecdote...Asfour demonstrates convincingly how Sterne's reputation as an author grew in part because of anecdotes about his time in Paris...Those interested in early literary celebrity will find much to amuse them in the biographical sections of this work. This monograph supersedes Francis Brown Barton's 1911 Étude sur l'influence de Sterne en France au dix-huitième siècle , and is an important contribution to the study of Sterne, and of French translation and reception of English literature. Informationen zum Autor Lana Asfour teaches in the Faculty of Arts at The Open University in London, UK. Vorwort The study of Laurence Sterne's critical and public reception in eighteenth century France. Zusammenfassung The early reception of Laurence Sterne in France was vocal and controversial, reflecting the literary and social upheaval of the period. This monograph offers original readings of Sterne and his French interpreters, such as Voltaire, Diderot, Suard, and Julie de Lespinasse, placing them within the context of eighteenth-century French culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsNote on Spelling, Grammar and CitationsIntroductionPart I: Criticism1. Familiar Categories: Early Reviews of Tristram Shandy, 1760-17772. New Critical Expressions: The Later Reviews, 1776-1786Part II: Translation3. French Theories of Translation and the English Novel, 1740-18004. The Translations of Tristram Shandy Part III: Fiction5. Sentimental Journeys6. Tristram Shandy and Jacques le fataliste et son maître Appendix: Articles on Sterne in French Periodicals, 1760-1800BibliographyIndex
