Biblical Sterne: Rhetoric and Religion in the Shandyverse

By:

Stark, Ryan J [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: New Directions in Religion and LiteraturePublication details: London Bloomsbury Academic 2022Description: 174pContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781350202894

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Biblical sterneDDC classification:

B97.3 23 ST282

Contents:

1.The Shandean Apology 2. Paranormal Tristram Shandy 3. Are the Sermons Funny? 4. Maria in the Biblical Sense 5. Otherworldly Yorick 6. Ghost Rhetoric 7. Why Sterne?

Summary: "Is Laurence Sterne one of the great Christian apologists? Ryan Stark recommends him as such, perhaps to the detriment of the parson's roguish reputation. The book's aim, however, is not to dispel roguishness but rather to discern the theological motives behind Sterne's comic rhetoric, from Tristram Shandy and the sermons to A Sentimental Journey. To this end, Stark reveals a veritable avalanche of biblical themes and allusions to be found in Sterne, often and seemingly awkwardly in the middle of sex jokes, and yet the effect is not to produce irreverence. On the contrary, we find an irreverently reverent apologetic, Stark argues, and a priest who knows how to play gracefully with religious ideas. Through Sterne, in fact, we might rethink humour's role in the service of religion"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.The Shandean Apology
2. Paranormal Tristram Shandy
3. Are the Sermons Funny?
4. Maria in the Biblical Sense
5. Otherworldly Yorick
6. Ghost Rhetoric
7. Why Sterne?

"Is Laurence Sterne one of the great Christian apologists? Ryan Stark recommends him as such, perhaps to the detriment of the parson's roguish reputation. The book's aim, however, is not to dispel roguishness but rather to discern the theological motives behind Sterne's comic rhetoric, from Tristram Shandy and the sermons to A Sentimental Journey. To this end, Stark reveals a veritable avalanche of biblical themes and allusions to be found in Sterne, often and seemingly awkwardly in the middle of sex jokes, and yet the effect is not to produce irreverence. On the contrary, we find an irreverently reverent apologetic, Stark argues, and a priest who knows how to play gracefully with religious ideas. Through Sterne, in fact, we might rethink humour's role in the service of religion"-- Provided by publisher.

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