It is not easy to comment on how both Miguel de Cervantes and Laurence Sterne contributed to the development of the modern European novel. - Pia Brinzeu.
However, Oana Ivan is not afraid to present in this book her own interpretation of the way in which Laurence Sterne mirrored his literary predecessor, of how he fought with the ambiguities of Cervantes\'s novel, and of the surprising links which connected the two novels over years, in spite of the major differences in their narrative design.
Moreover, the large assembly of commentators fascinated by the two novelists makes you feel greatly intimidated when attempting a new critical treatment.
The endeavour implies comments, reactions, delimitations, and explanations required by the complex intertextual configuration of two famous texts, Don Quixote and Tristram Shandy , which can in no way be approached with superficial intentions only.
Neither is it simple to trace the history of Cervantes\'s influence on Sterne.
It is not easy to comment on how both Miguel de Cervantes and Laurence Sterne contributed to the development of the modern European novel
