Labyrinth of Digressions : Tristram Shandy as Perceived and Influenced by Sterne's Early Imitators (Costerus New Series)

In the 1760s, Laurence Sterne brought out "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman". Small publishers and imitators brought out works that in style and title express a congeniality with "Tristram Shandy". This study explores these eighteenth-century imitations as indicators of contemporary assumptions about Sterne's intentions.