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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman de Laurence Sterne

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman: Penguin Clothbound Classics

Autor Laurence Sterne
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 noi 2024
Endlessly digressive, boundlessly imaginative and unmatched in its absurd and timeless wit, Laurence Sterne'sThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlemanis edited with an introduction by Melvin New and Joan New, and includes a critical essay by Christopher Ricks in Penguin Classics.

Laurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it, with a rich metafictional narrative that might classify it as the first 'postmodern' novel. Part novel, part digression, its gloriously disordered narrative interweaves the birth and life of the unfortunate 'hero' Tristram Shandy, the eccentric philosophy of his father Walter, the amours and military obsessions of Uncle Toby, and a host of other characters, including Dr Slop, Corporal Trim and the parson Yorick. A joyful celebration of the endless possibilities of the art of fiction,Tristram Shandyis also a wry demonstration of its limitations.

The text and notes of this volume are based on the acclaimed Florida Edition, with a critical introduction by Melvyn New and Christopher Ricks's introductory essay from the first Penguin Classics edition.

Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) graduated from Cambridge in 1737 and took holy orders, becoming a prebend in York Cathedral. His masterpiece,The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlemanmade him a celebrity but ill-health necessitated recuperative travel andA Sentimental Journeygrew out of a seven-month trip through France and Italy.

If you enjoyedThe Life and Opinions ofTristram Shandy, you might like Henry Fielding'sTom Jones, also available in Penguin Classics.

'The excellent FloridaTristram Shandy... will be the definitive edition'
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'The book that I would never tire of ... Sterne was about 250 years ahead of his time'
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780241552667
ISBN-10: 0241552664
Pagini: 784
Ilustrații: 8 B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
Dimensiuni: 137 x 199 x 47 mm
Greutate: 0.9 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Seria Penguin Clothbound Classics

Caracteristici

Includes 'A Political Romance', a rare and little-known piece of satire by Sterne

Notă biografică

Laurence Sterne (1713 - 1768) was an Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He wrote the novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy and also published many sermons, wrote memoirs and was involved in local politics. The publication of Tristram Shandy made Sterne famous in London and on the continent. He was delighted by the attention, famously saying "I wrote not [to] be fed but to be famous." He spent part of each year in London, being fêted as new volumes appeared. Even after the publication of volumes three and four of Tristram Shandy, his love of attention (especially as related to financial success) remained undiminished. In one letter, he wrote "One half of the town abuse my book as bitterly, as the other half cry it up to the skies-the best is, they abuse it and buy it and at such a rate, that we are going on with a second edition, as fast as possible." Indeed, Baron Fauconberg rewarded Sterne by appointing him as the perpetual curate of Coxwold, North Yorkshire.

Recenzii

Sterne was the greatest impressionist of his time.

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'Read, read, read, read, my unlearned reader! read...'Sterne's great comic novel is the fictional autobiography of Tristram Shandy, a hero who fails even to get born in the first two volumes. It contains some of the best-known and best-loved characters in English literature, including Uncle Toby, Corporal Trim, Parson Yorick, Dr Slop and the Widow Wadman. Beginning with Tristram's conception, the novel recounts his progress in 'this scurvy and disasterous world of ours', including his misnaming during baptism and his accidental circumcision by a falling sash-window at the age of five; unsurprisingly, Tristram declares that he has been 'the continual sport of what the world calls Fortune'. Tristram Shandy also offers the narrator's 'opinions', at once facetious and highly serious, on books and learning in an age of rapidly expanding print culture, and on the changing understanding of the roles of writers and readers alike.This revised edition retains the first edition text incorporating Sterne's later changes, and adds two original Hogarth illustrations and a wealth of contextualizing information. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.