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The first edition of ''[[Tristram Shandy]]'', at the point in the narrative where the death of [[Yorick]] occurs, a [[black page]][http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/images/exhibitions/month/Hepburn7_70.jpg] is inserted to express the mourning, in an attempt to mix fiction with [[visual poetry]]. | The first edition of ''[[Tristram Shandy]]'', at the point in the narrative where the death of [[Yorick]] occurs, a [[black page]][http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/images/exhibitions/month/Hepburn7_70.jpg] is inserted to express the mourning, in an attempt to mix fiction with [[visual poetry]]. | ||
- | The author Sterne, played with [[typography]] on other pages of the book. | + | The author [[Sterne]], played with [[typography]] on other pages[http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/images/exhibitions/month/Hepburn12_152.jpg] of the book. |
A complete expo on the oddity of the book is found here[http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/oct2000.html]. | A complete expo on the oddity of the book is found here[http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/oct2000.html]. | ||
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The first edition of Tristram Shandy, at the point in the narrative where the death of Yorick occurs, a black page[1] is inserted to express the mourning, in an attempt to mix fiction with visual poetry.
The author Sterne, played with typography on other pages[2] of the book.
A complete expo on the oddity of the book is found here[3].
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