Laurence Sterne in Germany is a scholarly monograph by Harvey W. Hewett-Thayer examining the extraordinary influence that Tristram Shandy and A Sentimental Journey exerted on German literature in the second half of the eighteenth century. Sterne’s digressive style, emotional sensibility, and formal experimentation fired the German literary imagination, influencing writers from Jean Paul to the early Romantics.
Hewett-Thayer’s study traces this influence with careful literary-historical documentation, making it essential reading for anyone interested in Anglo-German cultural exchange during the Age of Enlightenment and early Romanticism. Download this free public-domain EPUB for a rigorous work of comparative literary scholarship.