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The English Novel (L. Sterne & the Grand Tour
Overview
The novel...
is a work of prose fiction with over 50 000 words
focuses on character development rather than on plot
originated after the Italian word ,,Novella''
Beginning of novel era
Towards the end of the 1700s
thanks to the growth of the middle class
thanks to the public interest in the human character & soul
raising popularity of autobiographies, journals, diaries etc
Laurence Sterne
inherited high social position, but still in financial difficulties & poverty
lived with his wealthy uncle
Jesus College, Cambridge
had an incurable tuberculosis
Irish-born English novelist and clergyman
hardworking clergyman till 1759 - discovered his writing talent
novel ,,The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentelman''
married to Elisabeth Lumley in 1941 - unhappy marriage, 1 daughter
travelled to France because of his disease in 1762
novel ,,A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy''
sentimental because the point of the travel was to make contacts with people
met Eliza Draper - his muse
the Grand Tour
For how long?
expectedly ~3.5 years
in reality, lasted ~2 years
6 months of travelling, 3 years of living abroad
Why did men go?
educational rite of passage
meeting new people while seeing the world
a chance to sow one's wild oats with no trouble to family
Where did men go?
mainly France, but also Italy, Spain, Germany
How?
mainly by boats and in carriages
Who went?
undertaken by the very rich men, mainly the sons of aristocracy (upper-class)
accomponied by a family member (chaperone)
age limit of 21
What was seen?
remains of classical civilisations (Pompeii)
great cities of the Renaissance
classical architecture & statues
French & Italian royal families
the British envoys
What was it?
a period of foreign travel from the mid-17th c. until the end of the 18th c.
came to end because of Napoleonic wars and railways
The legacy
crates full of souvenirs
an aesthetic education
a portrait of yourself