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Satire, Comedy and Tragedy

Autor Richard C. Raymond
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 oct 2023
The first four chapters of the book provide a close reading of the satiric, comic, and tragic action of Laurence Sterne's novel in the context of criticism from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Chapter 5 provides a summary of Chapters 1-4, focusing on Sterne's purpose in revising satiric plot structures and in blurring the lines between fiction and autobiography. Chapters 6-8 then examine Sterne's themes from TristramShandythat inform his letters, sermons, and other fiction; Chapter 9 discusses the international reception of TristramShandy and argues for using writing-to-learn strategies to teach Sterne's greatest novel to undergraduate and graduate students.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781839988639
ISBN-10: 1839988630
Pagini: 180
Dimensiuni: 157 x 235 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: Anthem Press

Notă biografică

Richard Raymond isProfessor Emeritus of English, Mississippi State University.

Cuprins

Preface; 1. Walter, Toby, Tristram, and the Reader: Sterne's Revision of "Dullness"; 2.The Yorick Standard, Walter's Benevolent Dullness, and Tristram's Friends:The Plot of Satire in Tristram Shandy; 3. "TrueShandeism": The Unhappy Comic Action in Tristram Shandy; 4. Isolation and Death: The Tragic Undertones of Shandean Benevolent Dullness; 5. Benevolent Dullness, Ambiguity, and the Reader: Modal Complexity and the Plots of Tristram Shandy; 6. Laurence Sterne's Letters; 7. The Shandean Sermons of Parson Sterne; 8. Parson Yorick in A Sentimental Journey and in A Continuation of Bramine's Journal; 9. The International Perspective on Tristram Shandy and the Argument for Using Writing- to-Learn Strategies to Teach Sterne's Globally Significant Novel ; References; Index

Descriere

This book provides a closereading of the satiric, comic, and tragic plot structures of TristramShandy and then traces the themes that inform Laurence Sterne’s greatest novel to his letters, sermons, and other writings. The book also argues for a writing-to-learn approach to teaching Sterne’s recurring themes.