Format:
1 Online-Ressource (184 pages)
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also published in print
ISBN:
9781350190757
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9781350177796
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9781350202894
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1350177792
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9781350177789
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9781350179998
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135017999X
Series Statement:
New directions in religion and literature
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Shandean Apology -- 2 Paranormal Tristram Shandy -- 3 Are the Sermons Funny? -- 4 Maria in the Biblical Sense -- 5 Otherworldly Yorick -- 6 Ghost Rhetoric -- 7 Why Sterne? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Content:
"Is Laurence Sterne one of the great Christian apologists? Ryan Stark recommends him as such, perhaps to the detriment of the parson's roguish reputation. The book's aim, however, is not to dispel roguishness but rather to discern the theological motives behind Sterne's comic rhetoric, from Tristram Shandy and the sermons to A Sentimental Journey. To this end, Stark reveals a veritable avalanche of biblical themes and allusions to be found in Sterne, often and seemingly awkwardly in the middle of sex jokes, and yet the effect is not to produce irreverence. On the contrary, we find an irreverently reverent apologetic, Stark argues, and a priest who knows how to play gracefully with religious ideas. Through Sterne, in fact, we might rethink humour's role in the service of religion"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350177789
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Stark, Ryan J Biblical Sterne London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350190757
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