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010 $a 94001654
020 $a080578358X (alk. paper)
020 $a0805744509 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)29795017
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050 00 $aPR3714.T73$bN44 1994
082 00 $a823/.6$aB$220
100 1 $aNew, Melvyn.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83185797
245 10 $aTristram Shandy :$ba book for free spirits /$cMelvyn New.
260 $aNew York :$bTwayne Publishers ;$aToronto :$bMaxwell Macmillan Canada ;$aNew York :$bMaxwell Macmillan International,$c[1994], ©1994.
263 $a9404
300 $axi, 152 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aTwayne's masterwork studies ;$vno. 132
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 143-148) and index.
505 0 $aChronology: Laurence Sterne's Life and Works -- Literary and Historical Context. 1. The Milieu of Tristram Shandy. 2. The Importance of Tristram Shandy. 3. Tristram Shandy among the Critics -- A Reading. 4. Introduction. 5. Satire. 6. Heads. 7. Hearts. 8. Joy. 9. Tartuffery.
520 $aSamuel Johnson and Samuel Richardson condemned it. James Boswell and Goethe proclaimed it a masterpiece. And from the beginning Sterne realized he had written a book that would not suit everyone's taste.
520 8 $aFor more than two centuries. Tristram Shandy (1759-67) has astounded - and by turns confounded, captivated, angered, and amused but ever entertained - readers worldwide. While on the surface a comic, disjointed account of the title character's life and times, the work is in fact a brilliant commentary on life's inherent chaos, the pointed challenge of British clergy-man-turned-author Laurence Sterne to the twin concepts of rationalism and sentimentalism.
520 8 $aDelineating his views through skillfully drawn representations - among them Tristram, Yorick, and Uncle Toby - Sterne pinpointed issues central to not only his era but our own. Filled with thought-provoking ideas and marked by an open, conversational writing style, Tristram Shandy: A Book for Free Spirits is an adroit guide to understanding the aims and achievements of Sterne's masterpiece and to fully appreciating its lessons for contemporary times.
600 10 $aSterne, Laurence,$d1713-1768.$tLife and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80025570
830 0 $aTwayne's masterwork studies ;$vno. 132.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86741613
852 00 $bglx$hPR3714.T73$iN44 1994