Tristram Shandy

This Norton Critical Edition includes: The first London edition (1759) of Sternes revolutionary and influential novel. Textual notes, explanatory footnotes, and a preface by Judith Hawley. Three illustrations. The Author on the Novel, fourteen judiciously chosen letters from the latest scholarly edition. A wide range of early responses that demonstrate Tristram Shandys changing reception from its publication through the nineteenth century. Eleven major critical interpretations, ten of them new to this edition. A Chronology of Laurence Sternes life and work and a Selected Bibliography. About the Series Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part formatannotated text, contexts, and criticismhelps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.