The Language Of Fiction Essays In Criticism And Verbal Analysis Of The English Novel | Literature

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. |The Language of Fiction Essays in Criticism and Verbal Analysis of the English Novel | Literature