Richard C. Raymond

Satire, Comedy and Tragedy (eBook, ePUB)

Sterne's "Handles" to Tristram Shandy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The first four chapters of the book provide a close reading of the satiric, comic, and tragic action of Laurence Sterne's novel in the context of criticism from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Chapter 5 provides a summary of Chapters 1-4, focusing on Sterne's purpose in revising satiric plot structures and in blurring the lines between fiction and autobiography. Chapters 6-8 then examine Sterne's themes from TristramShandythat inform his letters, sermons, and other fiction; Chapter 9 discusses the international reception of TristramShandy and argues for using writing-to-learn strategies to teach Sterne's greatest novel to undergraduate and graduate students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781839988646
• Artikelnr.: 68860494

Autorenporträt

Richard Raymond isProfessor Emeritus of English, Mississippi State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Walter, Toby, Tristram, and the Reader: Sterne's Revision of "Dullness"
2.The Yorick Standard, Walter's Benevolent Dullness, and Tristram's Friends:The Plot of Satire in Tristram Shandy
3. "TrueShandeism": The Unhappy Comic Action in Tristram Shandy
4. Isolation and Death: The Tragic Undertones of Shandean Benevolent Dullness
5. Benevolent Dullness, Ambiguity, and the Reader: Modal Complexity and the Plots of Tristram Shandy
6. Laurence Sterne's Letters
7. The Shandean Sermons of Parson Sterne
8. Parson Yorick in A Sentimental Journey and in A Continuation of Bramine's Journal
9. The International Perspective on Tristram Shandy and the Argument for Using Writing- to-Learn Strategies to Teach Sterne's Globally Significant Novel
References
Index