Laurence Sterne: the critical heritage

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
PREFACE......Page 22
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 24
INTRODUCTION......Page 26
NOTE ON THE TEXT......Page 62
STERNE on the composition of Tristram Shandy, vols I, II, 1759......Page 64
Letter to Dodsley,? October 1759......Page 65
STERNE to his readers, 1759  60......Page 66
Tristram Shandy, vol. I......Page 67
Tristram Shandy, vol. II......Page 69
Tristram Shandy, vol. II......Page 70
WILLIAM KENRICK, the first review of Tristram Shandy, January 1760......Page 71
STERNE defends Tristram Shandy, January 1760......Page 73
Reviews in the magazines, January-February 1760......Page 77
Notice, Royal Female Magazine, February 1760......Page 78
HORACE WALPOLE on Tristram Shandy, April 1760......Page 80
The design of Tristram Shandy, March-April 1760......Page 81
Letter, April 1760......Page 82
The serious attacks, spring 1760......Page 86
Review, Critical Review, April 1760......Page 87
The bantering attacks, spring 1760......Page 89
Explanatory Remarks on the Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy by Jeremiah Kunastrokius, April 1760......Page 91
The Clockmakers Outcry Against the Author of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, May 1760......Page 92
Tristram Shandy's Bon Mots, Repartees, odd Adventures, and Humorous Storiesand a New Dialogue of the Dead, between Dean Swift, and Henry Fielding, Esq, June 1760......Page 96
The first biography of Sterne, May 1760......Page 98
The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, vols I, II, spring and summer 1760......Page 100
Review, Critical Review, May 1760......Page 101
Review, Monthly Review, May 1760......Page 102
Review, Royal Female Magazine, May 1760......Page 103
REVEREND HENRY VENN, letter to Mrs Knipe, June 1760......Page 104
BOSWELL on Sterne, spring 1760......Page 105
Sterne as Juvenilian satirist, June 1760......Page 110
Sterne and BISHOP WARBURTON, June 1760......Page 111
WARBURTON, letter to Sterne......Page 112
STERNE, letter to Warburton......Page 113
THOMAS GRAY on Sterne, June 1760......Page 114
LADY BRADSHAIGH on Sterne, June 1760......Page 115
GOLDSMITH attacks Sterne, June 1760......Page 116
Sterne and the Monthly reviewers, June 1760......Page 120
Attack on Sterne and the Methodists, July 1760......Page 125
Sterne and an appreciative reader, summer 1760......Page 127
STERNE, letter to Brown, September 1760......Page 128
HORACE MANN on Sterne's 'humbugging,' November 1760......Page 129
Tristram Shandy as satire, 1760......Page 130
EDMUND BURKE on Tristram Shandy, 1760......Page 131
The composition of Tristram Shandy, vols III, IV, 1760......Page 133
Sterne to his critics and readers, Tristram Shandy, vols III, IV, 1760  1......Page 134
Tristram Shandy, vol. III......Page 135
Tristram Shandy, vol. III......Page 136
Tristram Shandy, vol. IV......Page 140
Tristram Shandy, vol. IV......Page 141
Tristram Shandy, vol. IV......Page 142
Tristram Shandy, vol. IV......Page 143
Reviews of Tristram Shandy, vols III, IV, February-April 1761......Page 144
Notice, British Magazine, February 1761......Page 149
Review, Critical Review, April 1761......Page 150
SAMUEL RICHARDSON on Sterne, January-February 1761......Page 153
Some private opinions, February-June 1761......Page 155
MARK HILDESLEY, April 1761......Page 156
A mock funeral discourse, October 1761......Page 157
The composition of Tristram Shandy, vols V, VI, summer 1761......Page 160
Sterne to his readers, 1761......Page 161
Tristram Shandy, vol. VI......Page 162
Assessments of Tristram Shandy, vols V, VI, 1761  2......Page 163
Review by JOHN LANGHORNE in Monthly Review, January 1762......Page 165
RICHARD GRIFFITH: Sterne's appeal to pit, box, and gallery, 1761  2......Page 167
A poetic tribute, February 1762......Page 169
Sterne and the great humorists, May 1762......Page 170
Sterne's bad example, June 1762......Page 171
DAVID HUME on Sterne, November 1762, January 1773......Page 172
Sterne's nonsense, December 1762......Page 173
CHARLES JOHNSTONE: Sterne in the character of a wit, 1762......Page 174
Sterne's Rabelaisian caricatures, 1762......Page 176
CHARLES CHURCHILL on Sterne, 1762......Page 177
A poetic tribute to Tristram Shandy, July 1763......Page 178
Sterne's upstart book, 1764......Page 179
Sterne no fit ambassador from hell, 1764......Page 180
The composition of Tristram Shandy, vols VII, VIII, 1762  5......Page 182
STERNE, letter to Robert Foley, November 1764......Page 183
Reviews of Tristram Shandy, vols VII, VIII, January-April 1765......Page 184
Review by RALPH GRIFFITHS in Monthly Review, February 1765......Page 186
Notice by JEAN BAPTISTE SUARD in Gazette Litteraire de l'Europe, as translated in London Chronicle, 1765......Page 193
MRS MONTAGU on Sterne, April 1765......Page 194
Letter to Mrs Sarah Scott......Page 195
Sermons of Mr. Yorick, vols III, IV, 1765  6......Page 196
WILLIAM ROSE, review, Monthly Review, March 1766......Page 197
Sterne and a Black admirer, July 1766, June 1778......Page 199
STERNE, letter to Sancho, July 1766......Page 200
IGNATIUS SANCHO, letter, June 1778......Page 201
Tristram Shandy, vol. IX, January-March 1767......Page 203
Notice, Critical Review, February 1767......Page 204
Notice, Gentleman's Magazine, February 1767......Page 205
RALPH GRIFFITHS, review, Monthly Review, February 1767......Page 206
Letter, Lloyd's Evening Post, March 1767......Page 208
Gentleman's Magazine, March 1767......Page 209
STERNE, letter to Sir William Stanhope (?), September 1767......Page 210
STERNE, letter to Mrs William James, November 1767......Page 212
STERNE, letter, November 1767......Page 213
STERNE, letter to Sir George Macartney, December 1767......Page 214
STERNE, A Sentimental Journey......Page 216
JOHN HALL-STEVENSON on Sterne, January 1768......Page 218
Sterne and an American admirer, 1767  8......Page 220
STERNE, letter to Eustace, February 1768......Page 221
Reviews of the Sentimental Journey, spring 1768......Page 222
Notice, London Magazine, March 1768......Page 223
RALPH GRIFFITHS, review, Monthly Review, March, April 1768......Page 224
Notice, Political Register, May 1768......Page 226
Some private opinions of the Sentimental Journey, spring 1768......Page 227
ELIZABETH CARTER, letter to Mrs Elizabeth Vesey, April 1768......Page 228
MRS ELIZABETH BURNEY and MRS FANNY GREVILLE on the Sentimental Journey, spring 1768......Page 229
WILLIAM WARBURTON, letter to Charles Yorke, April 1768......Page 230
Gentleman's Magazine, April 1768......Page 231
MRS ELIZABETH MONTAGU, letter, 1768?......Page 232
DAVID GARRICK, 1768......Page 233
Sterne's headstone, 1769......Page 234
JOHN TRUMBULL on Sterne, 1769, 1773......Page 235
RICHARD GRIFFITH and Sterne's 'posthumous works,' 1770, 1772......Page 237
GRIFFITH in The Posthumous Works of a Late Celebrated Genius, 1770......Page 238
GRIFFITH in Something New, 1772......Page 239
THOMAS JEFFERSON on Sterne, 1771, 1787......Page 240
Letter to Peter Carr, August 1787......Page 241
Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, 1806......Page 242
SAMUEL JOHNSON on Sterne, 1773, 1776, 1781......Page 243
Conversation with Boswell, March 1776......Page 244
GEORGE COLMAN the Elder on Sterne, July 1775......Page 245
Sterne's Letters, 1775......Page 246
RALPH GRIFFITHS, review, Monthly Review, November 1775......Page 247
HENRY MACKENZIE, letter to Elizabeth Rose, November 1775......Page 248
COURTNEY MELMOTH on Sterne, 1775, 1776......Page 249
Observations on the Night Thoughts of Dr. Young, 1776......Page 250
BOSWELL on Sterne in The Hypochondriack, 1778, 1780......Page 252
JOHN CLELAND on Sterne, 1779......Page 253
Some attacks during the 1770s......Page 254
Anonymous Joineriana: or the Book of Scraps, 1772......Page 255
THOMAS O'BRIEN MACMAHON, 1774......Page 257
REVEREND PHILIP PARSONS, 1779......Page 258
Some neutral critics of the 1770s......Page 260
JOHN NOORTHOUCK, 1776......Page 261
Some tributes of the 1770s......Page 262
Westminster Magazine, November 1774......Page 263
JOHN OGILVIE, 1774......Page 265
JOSEPH CRADOCK, 1774......Page 266
Anonymous Yorick's Skull; or, College Oscitations, 1777......Page 268
JOHN HENDERSON reads from Sterne, 1770  85......Page 269
Sterne's Complete Works, 1780......Page 271
Sterne's imitators, 1781......Page 273
Sterne a wit, not a genius, 1781......Page 274
VICESIMUS KNOX on Sterne, 1782, 1788?......Page 276
Essays Moral and Literary, 1782......Page 277
Essays Moral and Literary, 1782......Page 279
Winter Evenings, 1788?......Page 280
Sterne anthologized, 1782, 1787......Page 281
The Beauties of Sterne, 1787......Page 282
HANNAH MORE on Sterne, 1782, 1808......Page 284
ROBERT BURNS on Sterne, 1783, 1787, 1788......Page 285
Letter to Mrs Dunlop, April 1787......Page 286
CLARA REEVE on Sterne, 1785......Page 287
MRS PIOZZI on Sterne, 1786, 1791......Page 288
Diary, October 1791......Page 289
GEORGE GREGORY on Sterne, 1787, 1788, 1809......Page 290
Sermons, 1787......Page 291
ANNA SEWARD defends Sterne, 1787, 1788......Page 293
Letter to Gregory, October 1788......Page 294
Johnson's biographer on Sterne, 1787......Page 297
HENRY MACKENZIE on Sterne, 1788, c. 1825  31......Page 298
Quotation in The Anecdotes and Egotisms of Henry Mackenzie, c. 1825  31......Page 299
Some attacks and defenses of the 1780s......Page 301
WILLIAM CREECH, August 1783......Page 302
Anonymous Unfortunate Sensibility, 1784......Page 303
ELY BATES, 1786......Page 304
JOHN HOWE, letter to the Reverend Thomas Crampton, October 1788......Page 305
CHARLES DIBDIN on Sterne and Johnson, 1790......Page 306
JOHN FERRIAR and Sterne's plagiarism, 1791, 1798, 1812......Page 308
Illustrations of Sterne, 1798......Page 312
Illustrations of Sterne, 1812......Page 317
JOSEPH DENNIE on Sterne, 1792, 1796......Page 318
The Lay Preacher, 1796......Page 319
Miscellanies; or Literary Recreations, 1796......Page 320
JEREMIAH NEWMAN on Sterne, 1796, 1805......Page 322
The Lounger's Common-Place Book, 1805......Page 324
WILLIAM GODWIN on Sterne, 1797......Page 325
WILLIAM WILBERFORCE on Sterne, 1797......Page 326
The Encyclopaedia Britannica on Sterne, 1797......Page 328
NATHAN DRAKE: Sterne and the pathetic, Literary Hours, 1798, 1804......Page 329
Walpoliana: 'a dead ass and a living mother,' 1799......Page 330
ROBERT SOUTHEY on Sterne, 1799, 1834......Page 331
American attacks of the 1790s on Sterne's morality......Page 332
American Museum, August 1791......Page 333
REVEREND JOHN BENNETT, Letters to a Young Lady, 1791......Page 334
Some tributes of the 1790s......Page 336
WILLIAM COMBE, Fragments: in the Manner of Sterne, 1797......Page 338
'R. F.,' letter, Gentleman's Magazine, June 1798......Page 339
WILLIAM JACKSON, The Four Ages, 1798......Page 340
Some comments of the 1790s on Sterne's style and substance......Page 341
JOHN NOORTHOUCK, review, Monthly Review, July 1791......Page 342
DUGALD STEWART, Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, 1792......Page 343
THOMAS WALLACE, 'An Essay on the Variations of English Prose,' June 1796......Page 344
MARY BERRY, 1798......Page 345
D.WHYTE, The Fallacy of French Freedom, and Dangerous Tendency of Sterne's Writings, 1799......Page 346
CHARLES LAMB on Sterne, 1801, 1822......Page 348
Some American views: Sterne the libertine, 1802, 1803, 1822......Page 349
JOHN RANDOLPH, letter to Theodore Dudley, February 1822......Page 350
Sterne's sentimental works, 1805......Page 351
Applause and censure, 1807......Page 353
PRISCILLA PARLANTE defends Sterne, 1810......Page 356
MRS BARBAULD on Sterne, 1810......Page 357
The Port Folio on Sterne, 1810, 1811......Page 358
Anonymous 'Critical Comments on Sterne, Smollett, and Fielding,' November 1811......Page 362
WILLIAM MUDFORD on Sterne, 1811......Page 366
FRANCIS JEFFREY on Sterne in the Edinburgh, 1813, 1823......Page 369
Review of Scottish novels, October 1823......Page 370
BYRON: 'that dog Sterne,' December 1813......Page 371
JOHN AIKIN on Sterne, 1814......Page 372
Sterne's characters: goblins and portraits, 1814......Page 373
COLERIDGE on Sterne, 1818, 1825, 1828, 1833, undated......Page 378
Aids to Reflection, 1825......Page 382
Marginalia in copy of Shakespeare, undated......Page 383
HAZLITT on Sterne, 1819, 1826......Page 384
Plain Speaker, 1826......Page 386
Notes of a Journey Through France and Italy, 1826......Page 388
JOHN KEATS on the Shandean, January 1820......Page 389
SIR THOMAS NOON TALFOURD on Sterne and Mackenzie, 1820......Page 390
Sterne and Johnson: 'genius' and 'judgment,' 1820......Page 391
THOMAS HOOD: a burlesque of Sterne, 1821......Page 392
DE QUINCEY on Sterne and Richter, December 1821......Page 394
SCOTT on Sterne, 1823......Page 396
Miscellaneous Prose Works......Page 400
Sterne, in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1827  8......Page 401
CARLYLE on Sterne, 1827, 1838......Page 404
Lecture, June 1838......Page 406
Reviews of Tristram Shandy, Journal Encyclopedique, 1760  7......Page 407
Review of Tristram Shandy, vols V, VI, March 1762......Page 408
Review of Tristram Shandy, vols VII, VIII, January 1766......Page 409
DENIS DIDEROT on Sterne, October 1762......Page 410
DEYVERDUN on Sterne's originality, 1769......Page 411
Frenais's translation of the Sentimental Journey, 1769, 1786......Page 412
Review, Journal Encyclopedique, July 1769......Page 413
Review, L'Annee Litteraire, 1786......Page 414
VOLTAIRE on Sterne, 1771, 1777......Page 415
Review of Tristram Shandy in Journal de Politique et de Litterature, April 1777......Page 417
Frenais's translation of Tristram Shandy, 1776, 1777......Page 419
Review, L'Annee Litteraire, 1776......Page 420
Review, Mercure de France, January 1777......Page 421
Continuations of Frenais's Tristram Shandy, 1785, 1786......Page 423
Review, L'Annee Litteraire, 1785......Page 424
Review, Journal Encyclopedique, March 1786......Page 425
Anonymous essay, Journal Encyclopedique, August 1786......Page 426
MADAME SUARD on Sterne, June 1786......Page 427
Comments at the turn of the century......Page 430
PIERRE-SIMON BALLANCHE fils, Du Sentiment considere dans ses rapports avec la litterature et les arts, 1801......Page 431
MADAME DE STAEL on Sterne, 1800, 1810......Page 432
De l'Allemagne, 1810......Page 433
GARAT on Sterne, 1820......Page 434
Sterne in the standard reference works, 1830, 1836......Page 440
Dictionnaire historique ou biographie universelle, 1836......Page 442
CHARLES NODIER on Sterne, 1830......Page 443
'Miscellanees, varietes de philosophie, d'histoire et de litterature,' 1830......Page 444
The first German translation of Tristram Shandy, 1765......Page 447
WIELAND on Sterne, 1767, 1774......Page 448
Review, Der teutsche Merkur, 1774......Page 449
HERDER on Sterne, November 1768......Page 451
A Sentimental Journey in German, 1768......Page 452
The Lorenzo cult, April 1769......Page 454
GOETHE on Sterne, 1772, 1820  2, 1826, 1828, 1829, 1830......Page 456
Campagne in Frankreich 1792, 1820  2......Page 457
Aus Makariens Archiv, Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre, 1828......Page 458
Journal, December 1829......Page 459
Journal, October 1830......Page 460
VON BLANCKENBURG: Sterne as humorist, 1774......Page 461
The extremes of sentimentality, 1780, 1781......Page 463
CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH TIMME, Der Empfindsame, 1781......Page 464
TIECK on Sterne, 1795......Page 465
LICHTENBERG on Sterne, 1772  5, 1799, 1800......Page 466
Asthetische Bemerkungen, 1800......Page 467
NOVALIS on Sterne, 1799  1801......Page 469
FRIEDRICH SCHLEGEL on Sterne, 1800......Page 470
JEAN PAUL RICHTER on Sterne, 1804......Page 472
HEGEL on Sterne, 1818  26......Page 473
HEINE on Sterne and Jean Paul, 1830s......Page 474
The Dutch translation of Tristram Shandy, 1777......Page 476
OCKERSE on Sterne, c. 1782, 1788, 1819......Page 477
'Leibnitz en Sterne', 1819......Page 478
WILLEM KIST on Sterne, 1823......Page 479
OTTO GERHARD HELDRING on Sterne, 1831  3......Page 480
The Russian Sterne: KARAMZIN, 1790, 1792......Page 481
Editorial note, Moscow Journal, February 1792......Page 483
GAVRIIL PETROVICH KAMENEV, Muza, 1796......Page 484
PUSHKIN on Sterne, 1822, 1827, undated......Page 487
'Fragments from Letters, Thoughts, and Notes,' 1827......Page 488
FOSCOLO: Sterne's Italian translator, 1805......Page 489
Sterne's sentimental side, 1822......Page 491
GIOVANNI FERRI DI S.COSTANTE, 'Sterne's Tomb,' 1822......Page 492
Sterne, the Italian, 1829......Page 493
APPENDIX: EDITIONS OF STERNE'S WORK, 1760  1830......Page 494
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 499
INDEX......Page 501