Swiftly Sterneward: Essays on Laurence Sterne and His Times in Honor of Melvyn New

by E. Derek Taylor and Robert G. Walker

Book Overview

These thirteen essays have been collected to honor Melvyn New, professor emeritus (Florida), and are prefaced by a description of his scholarly career of more than forty years. Suggesting the wide range of that career, the first eight essays offer various critical perspectives on a diverse group of eighteenth-century authors. These include a reading of Eliot in the shadow of Pope; a comparison of Gainsborough's final paintings and Sterne's Sentimental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611490588
• ISBN13: 9781611490589
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"