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Laurence Sterne (November 24, 1713 – March 18, 1768) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; but he also published sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics. Sterne died in London after years of fighting tuberculosis.
Biography
Laurence Sterne was born November 24, 1713 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland. His father was an Ensign in a British regiment recently returned from Dunkirk. Sterne’s father’s regiment was disbanded on the day of Sterne’s birth, and within six months the family had returned to Yorkshire in northern England.
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RT @brightcecilia Vicar advises poor to shoplift. http://twurl.nl/hk3ssi (Ah, the Anglicans -since Laurence Sterne & before, amusing no end)
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RT @brightcecilia Vicar advises poor to shoplift. http://twurl.nl/hk3ssi (Ah, the Anglicans -since Laurence Sterne & before, amusing no end)
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Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined & generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at. Laurence Sterne #positive
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Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined & generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at. Laurence Sterne #positive
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman - Full text from the first and third editions, converted to HTML. With images of Hogarth's illustrations, the marbled page, and Sterne's other graphical devices.
The Shandean - An international scholarly journal for the critical and historical investigation of all aspects of the work and life of Laurence Sterne. Contents of previous editions, notes for contributors, details of the Laurence Sterne Trust. Image gallery: Newton, Buck, Rowlandson, Leslie, different versions of Maria.
Meta Description: [ Homepage of THE SHANDEAN, an international scholarly journal for the critical and historical investigation of all aspects of the work and life of LAURENCE STERNE. ]
: Tristram Shandy and the Strange Attractor of Death - Critical essay comparing Tristram Shandy to chaos theory's Lorenz attractor.
A Chronology of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman - Chronology of Tristram Shandy's narrative, with publication dates.
Meta Description: [ A chronology of Sterne's novel. ]
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy - Text. Compared with critical editions and edited accordingly, this Renascence Editions online edition was prepared by Richard Bear at the University of Oregon in March 1995.
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy - Text of New York 1917 edition, originally published by P.F. Collier Son, now by bartleby.com
Meta Description: [ Sterne, Laurence. 1917. A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy. Vol. III, Part 1. Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction ]
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy - Entire work in plain-text format, at Project Gutenberg
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An Experimental Novel: Sterne's Tristram Shandy - Essays: Influences on Sterne, plot and character summaries for Tristram Shandy. Links to related sites.
Avoiding Pathological Literature; Writer, Symbol and Audience in Sterne and Joyce - Critical essay comparing Tristram Shandy to James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
Bust of Sterne, 1776, Joseph Nollekens - High-resolution photos.
Meta Description: [ Page of Laurence Sterne by NOLLEKENS, Joseph in the Web Gallery of Art, a searchable image collection and database of European paintings and sculptures (1150-1800) ]
From Sterne to Baldessari: The Illustration of Tristram Shandy, 17601996 - History of the illustration of Tristram Shandy. Artists include Hogarth, Cruikshank, Michael Angelo Rooker, C.R. Leslie, John Austen, John Baldessari and Martin Rowson.
Indeterminacy Winked at: Tristram Shandy, Evangelist of Ambiguity - Critical essay on Tristram Shandy's resistance to rationalism.
Jane Austen and Laurence Sterne - Material from Austen's writings which may indicate she read Sterne's works.
Meta Description: [ Did Jane Austen ever read Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy?
There is some evidence in her letter of September 14, 1804. ]
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Laurence Sterne : A recent secondary Bibliography - Listing of English-language essays and books on Sterne published since 1994. Supplements Jack Lynch's bibliography.
Laurence Sterne in Cyberspace - Directory of websites related to the works and life of Sterne. Includes texts, bibliographies, and critical works.
Narrativity and Stasis in Martin Rowson's Tristram Shandy - Criticism on Rowson's 1996 graphic novel (comic-book) edition. With illustrations.
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Portraits of Sterne, National Portrait Gallery, London - Includes low-resolution scans of portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Louis Carrogis ('Louis de Carmontelle').
Russell, Infinity, and the Tristram Shandy Paradox - Philosophical examination of the Tristram Shandy paradox (which is that Tristram takes longer than a day to recount one day of his life).
Sancho's Letter to Sterne - Text of Ignatius Sancho's letter to Sterne on the topic of slavery, with Sterne's reply.
Selected Bibliography: Laurence Sterne - List of canonical bibliographies, criticism, biographies, and editions of texts
Shandy Hall - Sterne's home at the time he wrote Tristram Shandy and A Sentimental Journey, now a museum. Includes contact info, photos and details of accommodation in Wolfson Cottage.
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Shandy Hall on AboutBritain.com - Includes map, nearby attractions and accommodation.
Meta Description: [ Here in 1760-67 the witty and eccentric parson, Laurence Sterne wrote Tristram Shandy and A Sentimental Journey. ]
Sterne, and the Novel of His Times - Critical essay on the context of Sterne's work.
Meta Description: [ Vol. 10. The Age of Johnson. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21 ]
The Friday Review: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman - Illustrated review of Martin Rowson's comic-book Tristram Shandy, in Ninth Art magazine.
The Hypertext Tristram Shandy Page - Basic concepts and ideas behind hypertext, with Tristram Shandy as a backdrop.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman - Text in HTML format, at Bibliomania. With critical summary.
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together with detailed literature study guides. Large reference book and non-fiction section ]
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman - Full novel in plain-text format, published by Project Gutenberg, Urangan, 1997.
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The Oates Collection - Sterneana held at Cambridge University Library, UK.
Meta Description: [ Cambridge University Library's Website ]
The Struggle of Writing Against the Limitations of Print Culture - Critical essay on the materiality of the book, with reference to Sterne
The Tristram Shandy Web - Annotated edition of Tristram Shandy, in hypertext format. With bibliography.
The Vienna Web: Tristram Shandy Speaking - Unusual collection of Shandy quotations from the University of Vienna's Department of Philosophy.
Tristram Shandy - High-quality scans of illustrations and graphics from early editions of Tristram Shandy, at Glasgow University Library.
Meta Description: [ Introduction to early printed edition of Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne ]
Tristram Shandy Plot Summary - Basic summary of Tristram Shandy's plot, brief biography of Sterne.
Tristram Shandy: An Annotated Bibliography - Jack Lynch's bibliography of critical works on Tristram Shandy, from 1978 to 1995.
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