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Page 38
... appreciated the satire and the buffoonery of his English successor . The more prurient elements of Sterne's humor furnished a momentary diversion for the fashionable world ; and the wits found it a good joke to write mock attacks , like ...
... appreciated the satire and the buffoonery of his English successor . The more prurient elements of Sterne's humor furnished a momentary diversion for the fashionable world ; and the wits found it a good joke to write mock attacks , like ...
Page 79
... appreciate the lighter side of Sterne's work , and critics likewise were often not quite sure what value posterity would place on the humorous elements in Sterne . Clara Reeve , casting about for a comment on Tristram Shandy which she ...
... appreciate the lighter side of Sterne's work , and critics likewise were often not quite sure what value posterity would place on the humorous elements in Sterne . Clara Reeve , casting about for a comment on Tristram Shandy which she ...
Page 168
... appreciate the sublime in nature , since in the Senti- mental Journey there is a " total absence of sentiment on any subject but humanity " and an " entire want of notice of anything at Geneva , which might not as well have been seen at ...
... appreciate the sublime in nature , since in the Senti- mental Journey there is a " total absence of sentiment on any subject but humanity " and an " entire want of notice of anything at Geneva , which might not as well have been seen at ...
Contents
BECOMING A CLASSIC 176879 | 40 |
BEAUTIES AND BOWDLERIZATION 178092 | 61 |
BORROWED PLUMES 17931814 | 81 |
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