Product details:
ISBN13: | 9781350202894 |
ISBN10: | 1350202894 |
Binding: | Paperback |
No. of pages: | 184 pages |
Size: | 216x138 mm |
Language: | English |
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Category:
Religious sciences in general
Literature in general, reference works
History of literature
Literary theory
Epics, narrative poems
Religious and esoteric literature
Religious sciences in general (charity campaign)
Literature in general, reference works (charity campaign)
History of literature (charity campaign)
Literary theory (charity campaign)
Epics, narrative poems (charity campaign)
Religious and esoteric literature (charity campaign)
Biblical Sterne
Rhetoric and Religion in the Shandyverse
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Date of Publication: 25 August 2022
Number of Volumes: Paperback
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Long description:
Is Laurence Sterne one of the great Christian apologists? Ryan Stark recommends him as such, perhaps to the detriment of the parson's roguish reputation. The book's aim, however, is not to dispel roguishness but rather to discern the theological motives behind Sterne's comic rhetoric, from Tristram Shandy and the sermons to A Sentimental Journey. To this end, Stark reveals a veritable avalanche of biblical themes and allusions to be found in Sterne, often and seemingly awkwardly in the middle of sex jokes, and yet the effect is not to produce irreverence. On the contrary, we find an irreverently reverent apologetic, Stark argues, and a priest who knows how to play gracefully with religious ideas. Through Sterne, in fact, we might rethink humour's role in the service of religion.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: The Shandean Apology
Chapter 2: Paranormal Tristram Shandy
Chapter 3: Are the Sermons Funny?
Chapter 4: Maria in the Biblical Sense
Chapter 5: Otherworldly Yorick
Chapter 6: Ghost Rhetoric
Chapter 7: Why Sterne?
Bibliography
Index
Chapter 2: Paranormal Tristram Shandy
Chapter 3: Are the Sermons Funny?
Chapter 4: Maria in the Biblical Sense
Chapter 5: Otherworldly Yorick
Chapter 6: Ghost Rhetoric
Chapter 7: Why Sterne?
Bibliography
Index