{"product_id":"sterne-tristram-shandy-paperback-9780521312639","title":"Sterne: Tristram Shandy (Paperback) 9780521312639","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSterne: Tristram Shandy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWithout a beginning and without an end, Tristram Shandy moves in many different directions, defying the conventional expectations of its readers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWolfgang Iser (Edited by), David Henry Wilson (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521312639, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 April 1988\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e156 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 13.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.25 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWithout a beginning and without an end, Tristram Shandy moves in many different directions, defying the conventional expectations of its readers. Wolfgang Iser shows how Sterne exploits the philosophy of his day and its cognitive deficiencies, using digression, humour and play to convey experience of subjectivity, and implicitly to expose the traditional concept of the self.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Subjectivity revealed through textual fields of reference: 1. Does Tristram Shandy have a beginning?\u003cbr\u003e 2. Subjectivity discovered through Locke's philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 3. Locke's philosophy as a pattern of communication\u003cbr\u003e 4. Manic subjectivity\u003cbr\u003e 5. Melancholic subjectivity\u003cbr\u003e 6. Decentred subjectivity\u003cbr\u003e 7. Wit and judgment\u003cbr\u003e 8. The discovery of communication by verbalising subjectivity\u003cbr\u003e 9. The body semiotics of subjectivity as discovery of man's natural morality\u003cbr\u003e 10. Eighteenth-century anthropology\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Writing strategies: 11. The first-person narrator\u003cbr\u003e 12. Interruption\u003cbr\u003e 13. Digression\u003cbr\u003e 14.Equivocation\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Play of the Text: 15. The imaginary scene\u003cbr\u003e 16. The games played\u003cbr\u003e 17. The humour.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003649446168,"sku":"9780521312639","price":29.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521312639i_a5327a96-0a5e-418c-8c40-95691b53fa2a.jpg?v=1691375052","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sterne-tristram-shandy-paperback-9780521312639","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}