The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman – Laurence Sterne – Canonball 57

In this episode of Canonball we discuss "The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman," which was written by Laurence Sterne and published in 1759.

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00:00 Sterne's Life

04:25 Sterne And Swift

06:14 What Voltaire, Goethe, Johnson, Schopenhauer Said About Sterne

07:56 The Shelf-Life Of Humor

08:54 Accusations Of Plagiarism

15:52 19th-Century Opposition To Obscenity In Tristram Shandy

17:06 The Consequences Of The Transition From Victorian To 21st Century Sexual Behavior

24:31 The Style Of "Tristram Shandy"

30:18 Beginning Of Passages From "Tristram Shandy" – A Glimpse Of His Personal Philosophy

31:50 Difficulties In Writing History And A Reminder Not To Be In A Hurry

34:19 Beginning A Chapter Nonsensically

35:02 One Of Sterne's Objectives As A Writer

35:52 Preface And How To Do Good Work

38:16 Of Wit And Judgment

38:57 Rhetoric And Conduct At Perpetual Handy-Cuffs

40:33 Addressing The Muses Of Storytelling

42:14 Defining Terms In Philosophy

44:29 The Value Of Reason

45:58 Can God Make A Nose The Size Of The Strasbourg Cathedral?

47:30 Sterne Observing His Own Creative Process

48:59 Rereading Difficult Texts; Jest, Wit, And Instruction In The World

50:01 On Dismounting A Horse;

50:38 Sterne's Kingdom

52:00 Showing The Relics Of Learning Without Working One Single Miracle

52:43 What Nature Could Not Make To Answer Its Destination

53:57 Closing