Yorick and the Critics: Sterne's Reputation in England, 1760-1868 |
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... death ; Wilkes was mentioned more as a politician than a literary figure ; the Ossianic poems created a stir , but a minor one compared to that occasioned by Sterne and his work ; and the various literary controversies of Garrick were ...
... death ; Wilkes was mentioned more as a politician than a literary figure ; the Ossianic poems created a stir , but a minor one compared to that occasioned by Sterne and his work ; and the various literary controversies of Garrick were ...
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... death of YORICK as an occasion of shewing their wit , or vending their Billingsgate . ' . " The poet says that if heaven is a cheerful place where people who have practiced the social virtues on earth are wel- comed , Sterne will be an ...
... death of YORICK as an occasion of shewing their wit , or vending their Billingsgate . ' . " The poet says that if heaven is a cheerful place where people who have practiced the social virtues on earth are wel- comed , Sterne will be an ...
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... death . Later moralists have seized on legend and gossip , pointing a moral with stories of his " friendless ... death , which is noted by Cross , is even harder to explain when one realizes that the stone must have been erected little ...
... death . Later moralists have seized on legend and gossip , pointing a moral with stories of his " friendless ... death , which is noted by Cross , is even harder to explain when one realizes that the stone must have been erected little ...
Contents
BECOMING A CLASSIC 176879 | 40 |
BEAUTIES AND BOWDLERIZATION 178092 | 61 |
BORROWED PLUMES 17931814 | 81 |
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