KNYGA Laurence Sterne Tristram Shandy

This Norton Critical Edition includes: · The first London edition (1759) of Sterne's revolutionary and influential novel. · Textual notes, explanatory footnotes, and a preface by Judith Hawley. · Three illustrations. · The Author on the Novel, fourteen judiciously chosen letters from the latest scholarly edition. · A wide range of early responses that demonstrate Tristram Shandy's changing reception from its publication through the nineteenth century. · Eleven major critical interpretations, ten of them new to this edition. · A Chronology of Laurence Sterne's life and work and a Selected Bibliography. About the Series Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format--annotated text, contexts, and criticism--helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.