A Sentimental Journey and Other Writings

A Sentimental Journey and Other Writings

A Sentimental Journey and Other Writings

A Sentimental Journey and Other Writings

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Overview

'Love is nothing without feeling. And feeling is still less without love.' Celebrated in its own day as the progenitor of 'a school of sentimental writers', A Sentimental Journey (1768) has outlasted its many imitators because of the humour and mischievous eroticism that inform Mr Yorick's travels. Setting out to journey to France and Italy he gets little further than Lyons but finds much to appreciate, in contrast to contemporary travel writers whom Sterne satirizes in the figures of Smelfungus and Mundungus. A master of ambiguity and double entendre, Sterne is nevertheless as concerned as his peers with exploring the nature of virtue; unlike other writers of sentimental fiction Sterne insists on the inseparability of desire and feeling. This new edition includes a selection from The Sermons of Mr Yorick, which shed light on the concerns of the Journey, The Journal to Eliza, which records Sterne's feelings as he languishes for the company of Eliza Draper, and A Political Romance, the satire on a local ecclesiastical squabble that was the catalyst for Sterne's literary career. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780191606205
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication date: 07/10/2003
Series: Oxford World's Classics Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Goldsmith's College, University of London

Cambridge University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsvi
Introductionvii
Note on the Textsxxxiv
Select Bibliographyxxxvii
A Chronology of Laurence Sternexlii
A Sentimental Journey1
The Journal to Eliza105
A Political Romance151
Sermons181
Explanatory Notes223
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