About us

Networks of Reception in Eighteenth-Century Newspapers and Magazines: Laurence Sterne (STERNEWS) is an NCN Polonez-Bis 1 project run by Dr Mary Newbould (PI) and Professor Jakub Lipski (Mentor) in the Department of Anglophone Literatures, Faculty of Literary Studies. Networks of Reception investigates the phenomenon of literary adaptation in the long eighteenth century, focussing on the circulation of ‘Sterneana’ – creative responses inspired by the works of comic author and clergyman Laurence Sterne – in contemporary newspapers and magazines.

STERNEWS is generously supported by a Polonez Bis-1 grant. This competitive award is part of a fellowship programme for experienced researchers, co-funded by the European Commission and the Polish National Science Centre under the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND grant. Networks of Reception was ranked first among all Humanities applications. Find out more about Polonez Bis here. 

This research is part of the project No. 2021/43/P/HS2/01182 co-funded by the National Science Centre and the European Union Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 945339.