What important contribution did tristram shandy make to the novel?

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" introduced pastoral characters, introduced the epistolary style, introduced the exploration of inner self of characters"

introduced the exploration of inner self of characters

Explanation:

"The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" is the novel written by Laurence Sterne. In addition to becoming a success in the face of criticism, this book revolutionized the way of writing novels, since it was the first to present the exploration of the inner self of the characters, inspiring great writers such as Balzac, Dickens, Thomas Mann, James Joyce and even even Latin American writers like the Brazilian writer Machado de Assis.

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explanation:

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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