Are Laurence Sterne's Sermons Funny?
Laurence Sterne's sermons are earnest in the way we expect eighteenth-century Anglican sermons to be earnest, and the humour is relatively scarce and appropriate, or appropriately inappropriate, as the case might be. Regardless, I show that the humour is there, contrary to the widely held view...
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| 格式: | 電子 Article |
| 語言: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2016]
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Literature and theology
Year: 2016, 卷: 30, 發布: 4, Pages: 456-470 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KDE Anglican Church RE Homiletics |
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| 總結: | Laurence Sterne's sermons are earnest in the way we expect eighteenth-century Anglican sermons to be earnest, and the humour is relatively scarce and appropriate, or appropriately inappropriate, as the case might be. Regardless, I show that the humour is there, contrary to the widely held view that Sterne's sermons do not amuse. Moreover, some of the comic passages point to a neglected but crucial source of inspiration for Sterne's comic genius: the Bible, especially the Old Testament-that ancient repository of wisdom and proto-Shandean intrigue. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frv026 |
