false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175662964m/544457.jpg 544457 2 Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy stands as one of the oddest comic novels in English literature. The Victorians were too morally earnest to see its meaning, while in our time critics have been too resolutely philosophical to grasp it. In contrast, Richard Lanham's introduction to Tristram Shandy combines clarity, wit, and grace. His account of the novel in terms of the simple pursuit of pleasure reveals historic and rhetorical models for the text while never straying from its playful spirit. 531745 1973 Tristram Shandy: Games of Pleasure total:1|4:1| 1 4 3 0 0 0 false false Sat Apr 04 14:39:59 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 14:39:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Apr 04 12:55:07 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 12:55:18 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 13:28:47 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 13:28:47 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=544457