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Description
Was Sterne one of the great Christian apologists? This book argues that he was, exploring Sterne's engagement with the Christian religion and offering a persuasive reading of the biblical rationale informing Sterne's use of humour and interest in talking and writing about sex. Examining a diverse range of texts, from Tristram Shandy to Sterne's sermons, this book unpacks the role that humour plays in thinking about literature and religion. It paints a picture of a parson who errs on the side of risqu mirth, not forbidding severity, if he errs at all.
About the Author
Ryan Stark is Associate Professor of Humanities at Corban University. He is the author of Rhetoric, Science, and Magic in Seventeenth-Century England (2009) and co-editor-with Tina Skouen-of Rhetoric and the Early Royal Society (2015). He has also published numerous essays on Renaissance and Enlightenment thought.