Advertising Sterne's Novels in Eighteenth-Century Newspapers

Brandzaeg, Siv Goril, Newbould, M-C. and Williams, Helen (2016) Advertising Sterne's Novels in Eighteenth-Century Newspapers. The Shandean, 27. ISSN 0956-3083

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Abstract

This article draws on the expanding terrain of digital newspaper archives to explore early advertisements for Sterne’s work. It situates its findings in relation to previous bibliographical studies to present a more contextual approach to how Tristram Shandy and A Sentimental Journey were advertised during the 1760s. Comparing these small promotional texts with others produced for contemporaneous publications, and placing them within the broader context of publishing conventions in this period, this article shows that typical accounts of Sterne’s ‘originality’ as found in his first reviews and in subsequent critical works were not always reflected in the often conventional nature of the advertisements for his novels. However, the authors conclude, perhaps these pared-back advertisements demonstrate all the more effectively the notorious celebrity both Sterne and his books had attained in the period of their first appearance.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Q300 English studies V100 History by period V300 History by topic
Department:	Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Humanities
Depositing User:	Helen Williams
Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2016 09:46
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2020 11:52
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/28077

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