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

ISBN-13: 9780415290036 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 340 str.

David Lodge

Opis

The Language of Fiction was the first book of criticism by the novelist David Lodge. In it he established a fresh approach to the appreciation of literature that focuses the reader's attention on the significance of language. This edition has a new foreword from David Lodge and includes in its entirety the comprehensive afterword from the 1984 edition.

Recenzje

'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

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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