Yorick and the Critics: Sterne's Reputation in England, 1760-1868 |
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Page 103
... excellences could be applauded , while whatever defects they might have , from the point of openly " declared the fort he meant to attack , " few other critics had made the same ob- jection . 5. For the unfavorable remarks on Sterne by ...
... excellences could be applauded , while whatever defects they might have , from the point of openly " declared the fort he meant to attack , " few other critics had made the same ob- jection . 5. For the unfavorable remarks on Sterne by ...
Page 153
... excellences , for though his descriptions are vivid , “ yet , next to Shakspeare , he is the author who leaves the most to the imagination of the reader , " allowing " the subtlest traits to produce their own effect . His work is full ...
... excellences , for though his descriptions are vivid , “ yet , next to Shakspeare , he is the author who leaves the most to the imagination of the reader , " allowing " the subtlest traits to produce their own effect . His work is full ...
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... excellences of Tristram Shandy and raised it again to a place of eminence above the Sentimental Journey , it seems probable that the gloomy predictions of the moralists that Sterne's literary reputation would continue to sink might well ...
... excellences of Tristram Shandy and raised it again to a place of eminence above the Sentimental Journey , it seems probable that the gloomy predictions of the moralists that Sterne's literary reputation would continue to sink might well ...
Contents
BECOMING A CLASSIC 176879 | 40 |
BEAUTIES AND BOWDLERIZATION 178092 | 61 |
BORROWED PLUMES 17931814 | 81 |
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