A Political Romance
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By Laurence Sterne 23 Feb, 2020
A Political Romance is a 1759 novel by Laurence Sterne, author of Tristram Shandy. The novel was the first work written by Sterne, and it can be labelled a roman à clef or a cronique scandaleuse, which were popular at the beginning of the 18th centu ... Read more
A Political Romance is a 1759 novel by Laurence Sterne, author of Tristram Shandy. The novel was the first work written by Sterne, and it can be labelled a roman à clef or a cronique scandaleuse, which were popular at the beginning of the 18th century. It can be considered a mock-epic allegory that describes a provincial squabble between a church-lawyer, an archbishop and a Dean, i.e. a "Lilliputian" satire on ecclesiastical politics in Sterne's York. Less
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  • 2009-11-18
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Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768) was an Irish-born English novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, ...
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