Sterne, the Moderns, and the Novel.(Scepticism and Literature: An Essay on Pope, Hume, Sterne, and Johnson)(Book Review)

From: The Modern Language Review | Date: July 1, 2005| Author: Zomchick, John P. | Copyright information

Sterne, the Moderns, and the Novel. By THOMAS KEYMER. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2002. xiv+222 pp. 47 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-19-924592-4.

Scepticism and Literature: An Essay on Pope, Hume, Sterne, and Johnson. By FRED PARKER. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2003. x+290 pp. 50 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-19-925328-8.

Both Thomas Keymer and Fred Parker have written 'source studies', though their books have little in common besides a reading of Laurence ...

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