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082	0	0	_aB97.3 _223 _bST282
100	1		_aStark, Ryan J _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBiblical Sterne: Rhetoric and Religion in the Shandyverse _b
260			_aLondon _bBloomsbury Academic _c2022
300			_a174p
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
440			_aNew Directions in Religion and Literature
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a1.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?
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aSterne, Laurence, _d1713-1768 _xCriticism and interpretation.
630	0	0	_aBible _xIn literature.
650		0	_aHumor in literature.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aStark, Ryan J., _tBiblical sterne _dLondon ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. _z9781350179998 _w(DLC) 2020040929
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