Laurence Sterne: References & Edit History

Arthur H. Cash, Laurence Sterne: The Early & Middle Years (1975, reissued 1992), and Laurence Sterne: The Later Years (1986, reissued 1992), are the definitive studies of his life. Alan B. Howes, Yorick and the Critics (1958, reissued 1971), is an invaluable account of his reception and reputation. Critical studies include D.W. Jefferson, Laurence Sterne (1954, reissued 1968), a very brief treatment; John Traugott, Tristram Shandy’s World: Sterne’s Philosophical Rhetoric (1954); John M. Stedmond, The Comic Art of Laurence Sterne (1967); Melvyn New, Laurence Sterne as Satirist: A Reading of “Tristram Shandy” (1969); William V. Holtz, Image and Immortality: A Study of Tristram Shandy (1970); and Max Byrd, Tristram Shandy (1985).