This Norton Critical Edition includes: - The first London edition (1759) of Sterne's revolutionary and influential novel.- Textual notes, explanatory footnotes, and a preface by Judith Hawley.- Three illustrations.- The Author on the Novel, fourteen judiciously chosen letters from the latest scholarly edition.- A wide range of early responses that demonstrate Tristram Shandy's changing reception from its publication through the nineteenth century.- Eleven major critical interpretations, ten of them new to this edition.- A Chronology of Laurence Sterne's life and work and a Selected Bibliography. About the Series Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format--annotated text, contexts, and criticism--helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.
Sobre o autor(a)
Sterne, Laurence
LAURENCE STERNE nasceu em 1713 em Clonmel, Irlanda. Autor de inúmeros sermões, deu início à carreira literária com o panfleto A Political Romance, em 1759, mesmo ano em que começou a redigir sua obra-prima em nove volumes, A vida e as opiniões do cavalheiro Tristram Shandy, que o tornaria uma celebridade na capital inglesa. De saúde extremamente debilitada, Sterne foi forçado a diversas viagens terapêuticas durante a vida. Faleceu em Londres, aos 54 anos. |