The Language of Fiction
Essays in Criticism and Verbal Analysis of the English Novel
2nd Edition
Published on 30. October 2015
340 pages
978-1-136-75139-4 (ISBN)
Description
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
Reviews / Votes
'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 'Perhaps because he is a good novelist himself, Mr Lodge's sujection of various writers to detailed linguistic analysis is illuminating and exciting.' - Daily Telegraph'Something of a milestone in English criticism ... an important addition to English critical writing about the genre of the novel' - Tony Tanner, The Modern Language Review
'... in many ways the most interesting of recent books on the novel, knowledgeable and closely argued.' - William Righter, The Listener
'readable, sensitive, perceptive' - Robert Scholes, Contemporary Literature
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
File size
1,52 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-75139-4 (9781136751394)
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Person
David Lodge (1935-). Novelist and critic, whose many publications include Small World and Nice Work, both shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction.
Content
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
