The Language of Fiction: Essays in Criticism and Verbal Analysis of the English Novel

by David Lodge

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136751387
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/30/2015
Series:	Routledge Classics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	340
File size:	491 KB

About the Author

David Lodge (1935-). Novelist and critic, whose many publications include Small World and Nice Work, both shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

'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

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