The Language of Fiction: Essays in Criticism and Verbal Analysis of the English Novel
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 English literature to a readership that reached well beyond the bounds of the academy. Now reissued with a new foreword, this major work from the pen of one of England's finest living writers is essential reading for all those who care about the creation and appreciation of literature.
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The Language of Fiction: Essays in Criticism and Verbal Analysis of the English Novel
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 English literature to a readership that reached well beyond the bounds of the academy. Now reissued with a new foreword, this major work from the pen of one of England's finest living writers is essential reading for all those who care about the creation and appreciation of literature.
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The Language of Fiction: Essays in Criticism and Verbal Analysis of the English Novel

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

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

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

by David Lodge

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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 English literature to a readership that reached well beyond the bounds of the academy. Now reissued with a new foreword, this major work from the pen of one of England's finest living writers is essential reading for all those who care about the creation and appreciation of literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781138133983
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 10/30/2015
Series: Routledge Classics
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 340
Product dimensions: 5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x (d)

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
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