Asfour (Open U., London) explores the French reception of Sterne's Tristram Shandy and A Sentimental Journey from 1760 to 1800. Both novels crossed the Channel quickly after they were
published, she explains, and met a mixed reception in a France undergoing literary, social, and political turmoil. She looks at criticism, translation, and the impact of French fiction.
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