Sterne Tristram Shandy Notes

Sterne, Laurence/Parish, Charles. Tristram Shandy Notes. Lincoln, Cliffs Notes, 1994.

125 S. Farb. ill. OKart. Reprint.

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Sterne, Laurence. The Works Of Laurence Sterne In First Editions. 24 Volumes. Includes The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 9 Volumes. 1760-1767 ; A Sentimental Journey Through France And Italy, 2 Volumes. 1768; Sermons Of Mr. Yorick, 7 Volumes. 1766-1769; Letters From Yorick To Eliz . 1773; Letters Of The Late Rev. Mr. Laurence Sterne, To His Most Intimate Friends, With A Fragement In The Manner Of Rabelais. To Which Are Prefix'd, Memoirs Of His Life And Family. Written By Himself. And Published By His Daughter, Mrs. Medalle. 3 Volumes. 1775; Sterne's Letters To His Friends On Various Occasions. To Which Is Added, His History Of A Watch Coat, With Explanatory Notes, 1775; And Original Letters Of The Late Reverend Mr. Laurence Sterne; Never Before Published. 1788. London: various publishers, 1760-1788.

First Edition Each volume is beautifully bound by Riviere & Son in full 19th century calf with a triple gilt rule on all front and rear covers, five raised bands with fields decorated in gilt and two red leather labels stamped in gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbelled end papers and all edges gilt. A spectacularly beautiful collection in near fine condition. Volume IX of TRISTRAM lacks a half title and leaf G1 which is supplied beautifully handwritten in pen and ink . Volume I of SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY is a 2nd state reading "vous" on page 150. Otherwise all first edition, first issue points are present including the called for author"s signatures. Further description or images on request, Hard Cover Condition:Near Fine

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ZWANEVELD, AGNES M. A Bookseller's Hobby-Horse and the Rhetoric of Translation. Anthony Ernst Munnikhuisen and Bernardus Brunius, and the First Dutch Edition of ' Tristram Shandy ' [1776-1779]. Amsterdam-Atlanta., Rodopi., 1996.
ISBN: 90-5183-956-1.

Original publisher's sewn paperback, pictorial frontcover, 8vo; xij, 238pp., notes, abbreviations, bibliography, index. Contents: Introduction. Part I.: Early Reception of Tristam Shandy in the Netherlands, and the Venture of a First Dutch Translation. Chapter 1. Centres of Literary Activity, Their Values and Interests in the 1760s. 1. Introduction: Questions to Be Answered; Sources to Be Used. 2. Sterne Readership in the 1760s: a Slow Start. 3. Developments in Sterne Appreciation. 4. German Influences. Chapter 2. Munnikhuisen's Sterne Edition (1776-1780): Socio-Economic Context, Publishing History and Readership. 1. Family Background and Personality. 2. Business Aspects of Munikhuisen's Enterprise. 3. Anthony Ernst Munnikhuisen as a Literary Entrepreneur, and a Conscientious Publisher. 4. A Publisher's Policy. 5. The End of Munnikhuisen's Career. 6. Sale and Afterlife of Munnikhuisen's Sterne Edition. 7. Readership of Munnikhuisen's Sterne Edition. 8. A Postscript on Letters. Part II.: Translation within the Context of Classical Rhetoric. Chapter 3. The Translator and his 'Figure in the World'. 1. Bernardus Brunius (1747-1785), a Translator's Life Gone Wrong. 2. Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Appreciation of Brunius' Translations. Chapter 4. Translation in the Eighteenth Century. 1. Introduction. 2. A Rhetorical Theory of Translation. 3. Strategies of Reproduction. 4. A Tale of a Tub. 5. Brunius' Principles of Translation and Attitude towards his Task. 6. Possible Models for a Translation of Tristram Shandy. Chapter 5. The Rhetoric of Tristram Shandy's First Chapter. 1. Introduction: Sterne's Audacious Technique. 2. Exclamation, Conversation, and the Structure of Tristram Shandy I.1. 3. Tristram's Technique: Chaos Controlled by Rhythm and Sound. 4. Interpretation: Antithesis as a Way of Thinking. 5. Conclusion: the Workings of Classical Rhetoric in Tristram Shandy I.1. Chapter 6. Brunius' Version of Tristram Shandy I.1. 1. Objectives of the Analysis; Terms to Be Used. 2. General Features: Division, Shaping Principles and Rhythm of the Text, with a Digression on Rhythm. 3. Analysis of Individual Moves. 4. Summary and Interpretation. 5. Conclusions. Appendices. 1. Reviews of Sterne's Work in Bibliotheque des Sciences et des Beaux Arts. 2. Three Versions of the Story of the Collision of Obadiah and Dr. Slop: Riedel, Van Alphen, Brunius. 3. Three Versions of the Apostrophe to 'Dear sensibility': Bode, Brunius, Feith. 4. A List of Munnikhuisen Publications. 5. Advertisements Referred to in Chapters 1-2. 6. The Munnikhuisen Circle. 7. Three Versions of Tristram Shandy I.1 (Divided into Rhetorical Moves): Zückert, Bode, Frenais, with a Brief Comparison of Brunius' Text and the German Versions. As new. Volume 13: Approaches to Translation Studies.

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Sterne, Laurence illustrated by George Cruikshank: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy [Classic Novels, 2 volumes in 1] , London Published by Hutchinson & Co , no date given [1906]
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Sterne, Laurence, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy [Classic Novels, 2 volumes in 1]

, 640 and 122 pages including notes at rear, illustrated with 8 plates including frontispiece New Edition Octavo Hardback , head and tail of spine lightly rubbed, spine slightly darkened, some pages untrimmed, internally clean, in good+ condition , cream cloth with paper title label to spine

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