Yorick and the Critics: Sterne's Reputation in England, 1760-1868 |
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... century and the years immediately following also saw a change in the moral standards which were demanded of con- temporary writers , as the evangelical movement swept the country.5 The results of this change in taste may be seen in the ...
... century and the years immediately following also saw a change in the moral standards which were demanded of con- temporary writers , as the evangelical movement swept the country.5 The results of this change in taste may be seen in the ...
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... century . Charles Knight lamented in 1864 that " there are some works of imagination that are almost unknown to the present race of readers , ” and that , among these , " Tom Jones , and Rod- erick Random , and Tristram Shandy are ...
... century . Charles Knight lamented in 1864 that " there are some works of imagination that are almost unknown to the present race of readers , ” and that , among these , " Tom Jones , and Rod- erick Random , and Tristram Shandy are ...
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... century reader to read the book in somewhat the same way that contemporaries did . Even before the publication of Work's edition in 1940 , Sterne had found appreciative readers in our time ; and of the four famous eighteenth - century ...
... century reader to read the book in somewhat the same way that contemporaries did . Even before the publication of Work's edition in 1940 , Sterne had found appreciative readers in our time ; and of the four famous eighteenth - century ...
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BECOMING A CLASSIC 176879 | 40 |
BEAUTIES AND BOWDLERIZATION 178092 | 61 |
BORROWED PLUMES 17931814 | 81 |
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