The essay considers Sterne's conception of movement in his novel, "Tristram Shandy". It compares the novel's various instances of movement (in space, in time, as narrative and psychological movement) to the idea of motion in eighteenth-century science, especially with regard to Newton's theory of gravity, Descartes' vortex, and Huygens' pendulum. The essay's final suggestion is that the conception of movement resulting from the novel's narrative is paradoxical, both dynamic and static.

'A Sore Travel and Vexation': movimento, (dis)ordine e libertà nel 'Tristram Shandy'

GREGORI, Flavio
2010-01-01

Abstract

The essay considers Sterne's conception of movement in his novel, "Tristram Shandy". It compares the novel's various instances of movement (in space, in time, as narrative and psychological movement) to the idea of motion in eighteenth-century science, especially with regard to Newton's theory of gravity, Descartes' vortex, and Huygens' pendulum. The essay's final suggestion is that the conception of movement resulting from the novel's narrative is paradoxical, both dynamic and static.
2010
Comparatistica e intertestualità. Studi in onore di Franco Marenco
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