Laurence Sterne - The Early and Middle Years

First published in 1975, Laurence Sterne is biography of Sterne's life which emphasizes those experiences which informed Sterne's fiction. The book is based on an exhaustive search for original documents, and a study of the social, political, and ecclesiastical institutions which shaped Sterne's world. We see the novelist as a soldier's child, student, struggling young cleric, Yorkshire famer, and judge of the spiritual courts, and we trace his literary development from political hack to humourist. The story begins - like Tristram's - with the subject's conception and ends with the publication of Volumes I and II of Tristram Shandy. This book will be of interest to students of literature, literary history as well as to any casual reader of Sterne's novels.

List of contents

Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Short Titles & Abbreviations The Sterne family: a sketch pedigree 1. Birth & Early Childhood 2. Hipperholme, Halifax & Skircoat 3. Cambridge 4. Early Career & Marriage 5. Politics 6. Vicar of Sutton 7. Stillington & the Tindal farm 8. The '45 9. Crazy Castle 10. Hobby Horses 11. Prebendary of York 12. Commissary of the Peculiar Courts 13. A Political Romance 14. Tristram Shandy, I-II Appendix I Appendix II Index

Summary

First published in 1975, Laurence Sterne is biography of Sterne’s life which emphasizes those experiences which informed Sterne’s fiction.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Cash
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032379494
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3237949-4
• No. of pages: 378
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 18th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers