2nd Edition
The Language of Fiction Essays in Criticism and Verbal Analysis of the English Novel
By David Lodge
Copyright 2002
340 Pages
by
Routledge
340 Pages
by
Routledge
340 Pages
by
Routledge
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Language of Fiction was the first book of criticism by the renowned novelist and critic David Lodge. His uniquely informed perspective - he was already the author of three successful novels at the time of its first publication in 1966 - and lucid exposition meant that the work proved a landmark of literary criticism, not least because it succeeded in communicating a radically new vision of... Read more
Foreword to Routledge Classics Edition, Preface, PART I The Novelist’s Medium and the Novelist’s Art: Problems in Criticism, PART II, Afterword to the Second Edition (1984), References, Index
Biography
David Lodge (1935-). Novelist and critic, whose many publications include Small World and Nice Work, both shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction.
'Perhaps because he is a good novelist himself, Mr Lodge's subjection of various writers to detailed linguistic analysis is illuminating and exciting.' - Daily Telegraph
