The art of fiction
Lodge, David, 1935-2011
Book
In this entertaining and enlightening collection David Lodge considers the art of fiction under a wide range of headings, drawing on writers as diverse as Henry James, Martin Amis, Jane Austen and James Joyce. Looking at ideas such as the Intrusive Author, Suspense, the Epistolary Novel, Magic Realism and Symbolism, and illustrating each topic with a passage taken from a classic or modern novel, David Lodge makes the richness and variety of British and American fiction accessible to the general reader. He provides essential reading for students, aspiring writers and anyone who wants to understand how fiction works.
Main title:
The art of fiction / David Lodge.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2011, c1992.
Collation:
xi, 239 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
"Illustrated from classic and modern texts"--Cover.Originally published in The Independent on Sunday, 1991-1992. This ed. first published: London : Martin Secker & Warburg, 1992.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780099554240
Dewey class:
809.3
Language:
English
Related title:
BRN:
82411
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