Product Description
by Laurence Sterne (Author), Judith Hawley (Editor)
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.
