Humour, Wit, and Society in Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy (“The Author’s Preface”)
The present essay provides an analysis of humour in Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy, exploring its various forms, functions, and meanings. After introducing the idea of the lex inversa of humour, which can be observed in Sterne’s unconventional storytelling style, it analyses the “Author’s Prefac...
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| Language: | English |
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Bucharest University Press
2023-10-01
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| Series: | University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series |
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| Online Access: | https://ubr.rev.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/UBR1_Gregori.pdf |