By Viktor Shklovsky
I do not intend to analyze Laurence Sterne’s novel. Rather, I shall use it in order to illustrate the general laws governing plot structure. Sterne was a radical revolutionary as far as form is concerned. It was typical of him to lay bare the device. The aesthetic form is presented without any motivation [...]
28/12/2007
The Novel as Parody (Tristam Shandy)
28/12/2007
2007: a year in Guardian Unlimited Books
With 2007 fading fast into the mists of memory and the new year already hoving into view like a dodgy Mediterranean ferry, listing alarmingly as it reverses towards harbour in a dangerous and possibly illegal manoeuvre, it’s time to descend into the engine room, wipe away the grease and sweat of the last 12 months [...]
