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

Lodge, David

ISBN 10: 0710202385 / ISBN 13: 9780710202383

Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul,, London, 1970

About this Item

Paperback. New edition. 297pp. Novelist and critic David Lodge expounds his own views on novels, novelists and their language, and the critical debates on the language of the novel. With particular reference to Mansfield Park, Hard Times, Tono-Bungay, Jane Eyre etc. Area of surface damage to the front where a label has been removed. Crease to front. Slightly rubbed. Binding is sound. Good copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Language of Fiction: Essays in Criticism and Verbal Analysis of the English Novel
• Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul,, London
• Publication Date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0710202385
• ISBN 13: 9780710202383
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good copy

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Synopsis

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.

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.