«Like a Jerkin, and a Jerkin’s Lining»: Body, Mind, Sartorial Metaphorsrs, and Sexual Imagery in Sterne’s «Tristram Shandy»
The article analyses the relationship between body, mind and soul in Laurence Sterne’s The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759-1767). Starting from a famous “sartorial” metaphor, in the third book of the novel, according to which the body-mind relationship is akin to that of a jerk...
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| Language: | Italian |
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Milano University Press
2017-12-01
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| Series: | ACME |
| Online Access: | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/ACME/article/view/9354 |