David Lodge
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Writing both literary criticism and novels, British author David Lodge has learned to practice what he teaches. A professor of Modern English literature, both his fiction and nonfiction have found a large readership in the United Kingdom and the United States. To maintain his dual approach to mostra altro writing, Lodge has attempted to alternate a novel one year and a literary criticism the next throughout his career. Lodge's fiction has been described as good writing with a good laugh, and he is praised for his ability to treat serious subjects sardonically. This comic touch is evident in his first novel, "The Picturegoers" (1960) in which the conflict of Catholicism with sensual desire, a recurrent theme, is handled with wit and intelligence. "How Far Can You Go" (1980) released in United States as "Souls and Bodies" (1982) also examines sexual and religious evolution in a marvelously funny way. "Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses" (1975, 1979), based on Lodge's experience in Berkeley as a visiting professor, won the Hawthorne Prize and the Yorkshire Post fiction prize and solidified his reputation in America. Some of the author's other hilarious novels include "Nice Work" (1989), which Lodge adapted into an award-winning television series, and "Therapy" (1995), a sardonic look at mid-life crisis. Lodge's nonfiction includes a body of work begun in 1966 with "The Language of Fiction" and includes "The Art of Fiction: Illustrated from Classic and Modern Texts" (1992) and "The Practice of Writing: Essays, Lectures, Reviews and a Diary"(1996). In a unique approach, he often uses his own works for critical examination and tries to give prospective writers insights into the complex creative process. David John Lodge was born in London on January 28, 1935. He has a B.A. (1955) and M.A (1959) from University College, London and a Ph.D. (1967) and an Honorary Professorship (1987) from the University of Birmingham. Lodge is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. (Bowker Author Biography) David Lodge is the author of ten novels & a novella, including "Changing Places", "Small World" (shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1984), "Nice Work" (also shortlisted for the Booker), "Paradise News", "Therapy", &, most recently, "Home Truths". He is also the author of several works of literary criticism, including "The Art of Fiction" & "The Practice of Writing". He lives in Birmingham, England. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di David Lodge
The modes of modern writing: Metaphor, metonymy, and the typology of modern literature (1977) 50 copie
Working with structuralism : essays and reviews on nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature (1981) 38 copie
Three Novels: Ginger, You're Barmy; The British Museum is Falling Down; How Far Can You Go? (1994) 7 copie
Essencial Tunísia 2 copie
San Ferry Ann 2 copie
Norman Wisdom Collection [DVD] 2 copie
A Man in Paris 1 copia
Boys About Town, Issue 14 1 copia
Boys About Town, Issue 13 1 copia
The Novelist at the Crossroad 1 copia
Britanski muzej propada 1 copia
Ve?ti din Paradis 1 copia
Coffret David Lodge : Trilogie de Rummidge - Changement de décor - Jeu de société - Un tout petit… (1975) 1 copia
La vtoute nue 1 copia
Interior Monologue 1 copia
Prose writings 1 copia
Hotel des Boobs 1 copia
La felicita e di questo mondo 1 copia
Ein ganzer Mann 1 copia
Opere correlate
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Collaboratore — 452 copie
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen (2009) — Collaboratore — 366 copie
The Creative Writing Coursebook: Forty Authors Share Advice and Exercises for Fiction and Poetry (2001) — Collaboratore — 251 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Lodge, David John
- Data di nascita
- 1935-01-28
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Brockley, London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Birmingham, England, UK
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
London, England, UK - Istruzione
- University College London
University of Birmingham (UK)
St Joseph's Academy, Blackheath - Attività lavorative
- novelist
editor
literary critic
lecturer - Relazioni
- Jacob, Mary Frances (wife)
- Organizzazioni
- University of Birmingham
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- University of Birmingham (Honorary Professor of Modern English Literature)
Order of the British Empire (Commander ∙ 1998)
Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Utenti
Discussioni
Epistolary comedy - read in the 90s in Name that Book (Agosto 2019)
English Fiction in Name that Book (Settembre 2013)
Catholic Group Read: How Far Can You Go? by David Lodge in Christianity (Agosto 2013)
Recensioni
Liste
Best First Lines (1)
Austenland (1)
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 69
- Opere correlate
- 25
- Utenti
- 17,954
- Popolarità
- #1,224
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 298
- ISBN
- 569
- Lingue
- 24
- Preferito da
- 84
Ma il libro è degli anni sessanta, e l'autore è un professore e critico letterario e questo libro è un suo giocattolo: è pieno di "meta"-citazioni (uno dei due protagonisti è un esperto di Jane Austen; si citano spesso le pagine di un fantomatico "Manuale per scrivere romanzi"; le pagine finali sono esplicite nel ricordare al lettore che quello che legge è stato scritto da un autore e non è una storia accaduta, e che i personaggi sono un insieme di parole scritte e non hanno una loro psicologia), si fa uso (e a volte abuso) di molte forme diverse di narrazione. E poi c'è la presa in giro degli ambienti accademici sia inglese che americano, e (non molto) il sense of humour inglese, e le sorprese di un inglese in America e di un americano in Inghilterra, e poi ci sono le rivolte studentesche, gli hippy, la liberazione della donna...… (altro)