This collection epitomizes not just the state of Sterne scholarship but of literary scholarship in our critical moment. What comes forth is not simply a group of essays that add texture and dimension to an artist and corpus of work growing in stature, but also is an exemplar of how eighteenth-century studies is broadening our understanding of history, art and aesthetics, philosophy, gender studies, and social sciences.

New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century

Sterne, Tristram, Yorick honours Sterne’s legacy, both literary and cultural, and offers a valuable snapshot of Sterne studies today.

Eighteenth-Century Fiction

[T]he reader of this volume can conclude that Sterne studies are much more healthy and robust than their object of study ever was. Three hundred years after his birth, he retains his capacity to fascinate readers, compelling serious engagement and inspiring laughter, providing a node around which readers organise their mental, social, ethical, and, in many cases, professional lives.

The Shandean