Inexpressible sadness: Sterne's Sermons and the moral inadequacies of politeness in Tristram Shandy.(Laurence Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman)(Critical essay) From: Christianity and Literature | Date: June 22, 2006| Author: Hartling, Shannon | COPYRIGHT 2006 Conference on Christianity and Literature. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, has long been established as a work of both refined sensibility and exceptional vulgarity. Since its publication, critics have remarked upon the apparent contradiction between "the 'indelicacies' of Tristram Shandy and its triumphantly 'pathetic' cameos" (Mullan 152). The tension between these two elements is not accidental. In its juxtaposition of low humor and high sentiment, Laurence Sterne's novel not only underlines his nega...

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