An Excerpt from A Sentimental Journey: A Comment on the Dead Ass
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Title
An Excerpt from A Sentimental Journey: A Comment on the Dead Ass
Description
A profound comment was made by Yorick when realizing the German man's intense love for his lost donkey. He proclaims that the people ought to love each other in the way this man loved his donkey, and that the world would be a better place. This reflects ideas of sentimentalism in that it is healthy for people to express emotion towards one another
Creator
Laurence Sterne
Source
Sterne, Laurence, et al. A Sentimental Journey and Other Writings. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Publisher
Oxford World's Classics
Date
Originally published 1768
Contributor
Sara Jo Cordasco
Format
Book
Type
Sentimentalism
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Text
Shame on the world! said I to myself -- Did we love each other, as this poor soul but loved his ass -- 'twould be something. --
Original Format
Book
Citation
Laurence Sterne, “An Excerpt from A Sentimental Journey: A Comment on the Dead Ass,” Enlightenmens, accessed August 9, 2022, http://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/679.