EP.3 - Satire & the Novel

 What is the difference between a satirical novel and a novel with satire in it? Adam and Jo are joined by Dr Helen Williams (Northumbria University) to talk about one of the best known satirical novels of all time: Laurence Sterne’s The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent.  In this episode Adam and Jo and Helen talk about: A Cock and Bull Story Alan Partridge Alexander Pope Austen, Northanger Abbey Charles Dickens Charlotte Brontë Comedy Form François Rabelais George and Weedon Grossmith, The Diary of a Nobody Henry Fielding, Shamela Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews Henry Fielding, Tom Jones Henry Mckenzie, Man of Feeling Jane Austen Jonathan Swift Jerome k. Jerome, The Men In a Boat Lady Mary Montagu Laetitia Pilkington Laurence Sterne Narrative Novels Political satire Reading and reading practices Reform Richardson, Pamela Robert Dodsley  Samuel Richardson Sensibility  Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy Sterne, A Political Romance Sterne, A sentimental Journey Sterniana Steve Coogan Stewart Lee Tobias Smollett, The Diary of Humphrey Clinker The Trip  William Thackeray York in the Eighteenth Century Join Jo and Adam again at the same time next week for: Satire and the ImageDo you need words to do satire? If a picture can say a thousand words, how much satire can it do? Adam and Jo are joined by Wendy McGlashan (University of Aberdeen) to talk about eighteenth-century print-maker, miniaturist and satire merchant, John Kay.