1. The Visual Devices In Laurence Sterne's "Tristram Shandy"
... , although it was also criticized for being vulgar and indecent in its frank treatment of sexual themes. For its time, the novel is highly unconventional in its narrative technique. The title itself is a play on a novelistic formula that would have been familiar to Sterne's contemporary readers; instead of giving us the "life and adventures" of his hero, Sterne promises us his ... is somewhat straighter, with only several major digressions. As Tristram himself says: "In the fifth volume I have been very good". The "line drawn as straight as I could draw it" on page 333 stands for Tristra...
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