Laurence Sterne - The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (26/31)
Laurence Sterne (November 24, 1713 – March 18, 1768) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; but he also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics. Sterne died in London after years of fighting consumption. Sterne was born in Clonmel, County Tipperary. His father, Roger Sterne, was an ensign in a British regiment recently returned from Dunkirk, which was disbanded on the day of Sterne's birth. Within six months the family had returned to Yorkshire, and in July 1715 they moved back to Ireland.
Sterne was ordained as a deacon in March 1737 and as a priest in August 1738. Shortly thereafter Sterne was awarded the vicarship living of Sutton-on-the-Forest in Yorkshire. Sterne married Elizabeth Lumley in 1741. Both were ill with consumption. In 1743, he was presented to the neighbouring living of Stillington by Rev. Richard Levett, Prebendary of Stillington, who was patron of the living. Subsequently Sterne did duty both there and at Sutton. He was also a prebendary of York Minster. Sterne's life at this time was closely tied with his uncle, Dr. Jaques Sterne, the Archdeacon of Cleveland and Precentor of York Minster. Sterne's uncle was an ardent Whig, and urged Sterne to begin a career of political journalism which resulted in some scandal for Sterne and, eventually, a terminal falling-out between the two men.
In 1759, to support his dean in a church squabble, Sterne wrote A Political Romance (later called The History of a Good Warm Watch-Coat), a Swiftian satire of dignitaries of the spiritual courts. At the demands of embarrassed churchmen, the book was burned. Thus, Sterne lost his chances for clerical advancement but discovered his real talents; until the completion of this first work, he hardly knew that he could write at all, much less with humour so as to make his reader laugh. Having discovered his talent, at the age of 46, he turned over his parishes to a curate, and dedicated himself to writing for the rest of his life. It was while living in the countryside, having failed in his attempts to supplement his income as a farmer and struggling with tuberculosis, that Sterne began work on his most famous novel, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, the first volumes of which were published in 1759. Sterne was at work on his celebrated comic novel during the year that his mother died, his wife was seriously ill, and his daughter was also taken ill with a fever. He wrote as fast as he possibly could, composing the first 18 chapters between January and March 1759.
An initial, sharply satiric version was rejected by Robert Dodsley, the London printer, just when Sterne's personal life was upset. His mother and uncle both died. His wife had a nervous breakdown and threatened suicide. Sterne continued his comic novel, but every sentence, he said, was written under the greatest heaviness of heart. In this mood, he softened the satire and recounted details of Tristram's opinions, eccentric family and ill-fated childhood with a sympathetic humour, sometimes hilarious, sometimes sweetly melancholic—a comedy skirting tragedy.
The publication of Tristram Shandy made Sterne famous in London and on the continent. He was delighted by the attention, and spent part of each year in London, being fêted as new volumes appeared. Indeed, Baron Fauconberg rewarded Sterne by appointing him as the perpetual curate of Coxwold, North Yorkshire.
Foreign travel Sterne continued to struggle with his illness, and departed England for France in 1762 in an effort to find a climate that would alleviate his suffering. Sterne was lucky to attach himself to a diplomatic party bound for Turin, as England and France were still adversaries in the Seven Years' War. Sterne was gratified by his reception in France where reports of the genius of Tristram Shandy had made him a celebrity. Aspects of this trip to France were incorporated into Sterne's second novel, A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, which was published at the beginning of 1768. The novel was written during a period in which Sterne was increasingly ill and weak.
Less than a month after Sentimental Journey was published, early in 1768, Sterne's strength failed him, and he died in his lodgings at 41 Old Bond Street on 18 March, at the age of 54. He was buried in the churchyard of St George's, Hanover Square.
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Sucking on Words Kenneth Goldsmith Documentary
If every word spoken in New York City daily were somehow to materialize as a snowflake, each day there would be a blizzard.
The words of Kenneth Goldsmith, described by Juliana Spahr as 'the world's leading conceptual poet', and by himself as 'the most boring writer that has ever lived'. His ideas are being brought to the screen by artist and director Simon Morris in a film to premiere at the British Library in London on Friday 26th October. Christian Bšk, one of Canada's leading poets and the winner of the 2002 Griffin poetry prize, said: Goldsmith is our James Joyce for the 21st century.
'sucking on words' introduces 8000 of those daily words - a flurry of excitement as the climates of conflict and admiration come together around Goldsmith's pioneering conceptual poetics. Shot on location in Manhattan in February this year, 'sucking on words' features interviews with the leading critics and poets Bruce Andrews, Barbara Cole, and Robert Fitterman.
Goldsmith says: I'm more interested in knowing language better in the way Warhol was knowing image better by simply turning the camera on to it and letting it run.
And Simon Morris adds: Goldsmith is turning the literary world on its head by encouraging plagiarism and suggesting writers throw away existing notions of intellectual property. As Goldsmith says: We don't need the new sentence, the old sentence re-framed is good enough.
Conceptual writing is the poetics of the moment. It fuses avant-garde impulses of the twentieth century with technologies of the present. The material morphs between the web and the printed page. It draws attention to the materiality of the word and the conceptual nature of this type of literature - the writing is the idea and the idea is the writing.
The lively conversations featured in the film are an ideal introduction to Goldsmith's witty and provocative works, already regarded as hallmarks of 21st century literature. In addition to debate and commentary, the film showcases readings from some of his most notorious books: No.111 (found phrases ending in an 'r' rhyme and filtered alphabetically by syllable count); Soliloquy (a transcription of every word Goldsmith spoke for a week); Day (a retyping of one day's New York Times); Traffic (a day's worth of hourly traffic bulletins); and The Weather (a year's worth of of radio weather bulletins).
In November 'sucking on words' will have its Scandinavian premiere at the Oslo International Festival of Poetry. A screening is also taking place at Shandy Hall, Coxwold, near York, on Saturday 27th October, supported by the Laurence Sterne Trust where Goldsmith will be staying as poet-in-residence.
Simon Morris says: Oslo will provide us with the opportunity to bring the film to a much wider European audience, whereas Shandy Hall was where Laurence Sterne wrote his most celebrated work, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. It's fitting that one of the most famous contemporary avant-garde poets is to stay in the home of one of the 18th century's most experimental writers.
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Filmed on location in New York City, February, 2007
Critical Commentary: Bruce Andrews, Barbara Cole, Robert Fitterman
Film & Lighting: Fiona Biggiero, Jerome Harmann-Hardeman
Film editor: Christine Morris
Sound: Jarrod Fowler
Original musical score: Rob Lavers
Design: Peter McGrath
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Laurence Sterne - The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (31/31)
Laurence Sterne (November 24, 1713 – March 18, 1768) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; but he also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics. Sterne died in London after years of fighting consumption. Sterne was born in Clonmel, County Tipperary. His father, Roger Sterne, was an ensign in a British regiment recently returned from Dunkirk, which was disbanded on the day of Sterne's birth. Within six months the family had returned to Yorkshire, and in July 1715 they moved back to Ireland.
Sterne was ordained as a deacon in March 1737 and as a priest in August 1738. Shortly thereafter Sterne was awarded the vicarship living of Sutton-on-the-Forest in Yorkshire. Sterne married Elizabeth Lumley in 1741. Both were ill with consumption. In 1743, he was presented to the neighbouring living of Stillington by Rev. Richard Levett, Prebendary of Stillington, who was patron of the living. Subsequently Sterne did duty both there and at Sutton. He was also a prebendary of York Minster. Sterne's life at this time was closely tied with his uncle, Dr. Jaques Sterne, the Archdeacon of Cleveland and Precentor of York Minster. Sterne's uncle was an ardent Whig, and urged Sterne to begin a career of political journalism which resulted in some scandal for Sterne and, eventually, a terminal falling-out between the two men.
In 1759, to support his dean in a church squabble, Sterne wrote A Political Romance (later called The History of a Good Warm Watch-Coat), a Swiftian satire of dignitaries of the spiritual courts. At the demands of embarrassed churchmen, the book was burned. Thus, Sterne lost his chances for clerical advancement but discovered his real talents; until the completion of this first work, he hardly knew that he could write at all, much less with humour so as to make his reader laugh. Having discovered his talent, at the age of 46, he turned over his parishes to a curate, and dedicated himself to writing for the rest of his life. It was while living in the countryside, having failed in his attempts to supplement his income as a farmer and struggling with tuberculosis, that Sterne began work on his most famous novel, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, the first volumes of which were published in 1759. Sterne was at work on his celebrated comic novel during the year that his mother died, his wife was seriously ill, and his daughter was also taken ill with a fever. He wrote as fast as he possibly could, composing the first 18 chapters between January and March 1759.
An initial, sharply satiric version was rejected by Robert Dodsley, the London printer, just when Sterne's personal life was upset. His mother and uncle both died. His wife had a nervous breakdown and threatened suicide. Sterne continued his comic novel, but every sentence, he said, was written under the greatest heaviness of heart. In this mood, he softened the satire and recounted details of Tristram's opinions, eccentric family and ill-fated childhood with a sympathetic humour, sometimes hilarious, sometimes sweetly melancholic—a comedy skirting tragedy.
The publication of Tristram Shandy made Sterne famous in London and on the continent. He was delighted by the attention, and spent part of each year in London, being fêted as new volumes appeared. Indeed, Baron Fauconberg rewarded Sterne by appointing him as the perpetual curate of Coxwold, North Yorkshire.
Foreign travel Sterne continued to struggle with his illness, and departed England for France in 1762 in an effort to find a climate that would alleviate his suffering. Sterne was lucky to attach himself to a diplomatic party bound for Turin, as England and France were still adversaries in the Seven Years' War. Sterne was gratified by his reception in France where reports of the genius of Tristram Shandy had made him a celebrity. Aspects of this trip to France were incorporated into Sterne's second novel, A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, which was published at the beginning of 1768. The novel was written during a period in which Sterne was increasingly ill and weak.
Less than a month after Sentimental Journey was published, early in 1768, Sterne's strength failed him, and he died in his lodgings at 41 Old Bond Street on 18 March, at the age of 54. He was buried in the churchyard of St George's, Hanover Square.
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Tom Wood: Cocks and Bulls
In recent years renowned portrait painter Tom Wood has turned his attention to the natural world. His new work features animals which seem to inhabit a strange world of signs and symbols. Wood was commissioned by the Laurence Sterne Trust to produce 'Cocks and Bulls', an exhibition at Shandy Hall in Coxwold, North Yorkshire, featured in Art in Yorkshire Goes Contemporary.
Wood's work is inspired by Sterne's 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'.
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Ausilia and Franco between Middleton Tyas and Coxwold.
Wandering through Ancient Byland Abbey & Coxwold | Exploring North Yorkshire with a Baby
After watching other travel vloggers from around the world exploring my local area and pointing out just how beautiful it is, I realised that I don't need to travel the entire world to see amazing things - they're right on my doorstep! So in a bid to explore more of my local area and to share it with others, Emmy and I are planning a series of videos on North Yorkshire and things you can do with a baby in a pram or a carrier. First up, Byland Abbey, which dates back to 1135 and the nearby quintessentially British village of Coxwold.
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Letter 9 - The Letters from Yorick to Eliza
Letter 9. [London, March 1767]
Yorick wishes Eliza's voyage could be postponed and offers to bear the cost of her staying in England. He declares it would be better for her health were she to go to France with Mrs Sterne and Lydia, though he goes on to suggest that Mrs Sterne has not long to live, in which case he would like to marry Eliza.
This video is part of the Precious Cargo project by the Laurence Sterne Trust at Shandy Hall entitled 'Eliza Draper -- An Absent Presence'. Precious Cargo is part of Yorkshire's contribution to the Cultural Olympiad, Stories of the World project. The exhibition opens in May 2012.
Voice: Patrick Wildgust (Curator of Shandy Hall)
Recorded and edited by: Craig Vear
Image: A Caricature Group by John Hamilton Mortimer 1776. Laurence Sterne displays his miniature portrait of Eliza Draper in its locket. © Yale Centre for British Art.
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Hidden Gardens of Coxwold
A Film by Sarah Macmillan, NORTHERN LANDSCAPES
A film featuring a selection of the Open Gardens of Coxwold, North Yorkshire. In aid of St Michael's Church Fabric Fund, Sunday 14th June 2009.
Laurence Sterne
Laurence Sterne was an Anglo-Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; but he also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics. Sterne died in London after years of fighting consumption.
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coxwold church -the deepest darkest goths of whitby
History
The village name is derived from Saxon words Cuc, meaning cry and valt, meaning wood.[2]
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as part of the Yalestre hundred by the name of Cucvalt. The lord of the manor at the time of the Norman invasion was Kofse, but passed to Hugh, son of Baldric[3] and thence to Roger de Mowbray. Before 1158, the manor and lands of Coxwold passed to Thomas Colville. In return for the lands, Thomas had to swear allegiance to Roger de Mowbray. Thomas de Colville’s estate included the manors of Yearsley, Coxwold and Oulston as well as other properties and land in York, Thirsk, Everley, Nunwick, Kilburn and Upsland. The Colville shield is proudly displayed at one of the roof intersections in the twelfth century Norman church at Coxwold.[4]
Successive generations of Colvilles held the estate and lands of Coxwold until 1405 when Thomas Colville viii was murdered, probably at the instruction of Richard le Scrope Archbishop of York, who, in turn, was acting on behalf of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland. The bulk of the Coxwold estate was then granted to the Uhtred-Neville family. [5]
While in possession of the Coxwold estate, the Colville family gave generous grants to Byland Abbey and Newburgh Priory but, at the turn of the fourteenth century, there were some disputes between the monks of Newburgh Priory and the Colvilles over rights to land around Coxwold. [6]
In 1304 Sir Thomas Colville v started a tradition of a weekly market to be held in the grounds of the manor of Coxwold. He also established a two day annual fair to celebrate the Assumption, a tradition that survived uninterrupted in Coxwold Manor for some five hundred years. [7]
Sir Thomas Colville vii (of Yearsley and Coxwold) became famous following a jousting incident before the Battle of Crecy in 1346 when he crossed the river to joust with a French knight who had been hurling abuse at the English king. He later joined the retinue of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster who was the third son of Edward III and by far the richest noble in England. [8]
At one time, the village had a station on the Thirsk and Malton Line. It opened on 19 May 1853, but closed on 7 August 1964 as part of the reorganisation of the national railway system.[2][9] In 1603, Sir John Harte, who was born in nearby Kilburn, North Yorkshire, built a Grammar School in the village, which closed in 1894. He was also a Lord Mayor of London.[2][9]
Observations/Transformations: A Moth Anthology. Haiku by Maura Dooley.
The Laurence Sterne Trust at Shandy Hall presented 'Observations/Transformations: A Moth Anthology' an evening of sound and image drawing inspiration from the nocturnal world of moths. Friday 20 February 2015 at Rymer Auditorium, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York.
With music from the 18th - 21st century
David Owen Norris - Square Piano
Richard Boothby - Viola da Gamba
Michiyo Takano - Koto
Reading by Professor Frances Spalding
Haiku by Billy Collins, Maura Dooley and Roger Keyes.
Including students from the University of London, Goldsmiths College and Yamanashi Prefectural University, Kofu, Japan
Funded by Arts Council England
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Reading the Past / Writing the Future - Chris Topp (Blacksmith)
St Michael's Church, Coxwold
Observations/Transformations: A Moth Anthology. 'The Night Piece' performed by David Owen Norris.
The Laurence Sterne Trust at Shandy Hall presented 'Observations/Transformations: A Moth Anthology' an evening of sound and image drawing inspiration from the nocturnal world of moths. Friday 20 February 2015 at Rymer Auditorium, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York.
With music from the 18th - 21st century
David Owen Norris - Square Piano
Richard Boothby - Viola da Gamba
Michiyo Takano - Koto
Reading by Professor Frances Spalding
Haiku by Billy Collins, Maura Dooley and Roger Keyes.
Including students from the University of London, Goldsmiths College and Yamanashi Prefectural University, Kofu, Japan
Here David Owen Norris performs The Night Piece by Trevor Hold.
Funded by Arts Council England
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