THE LANGUAGE OF FICTION

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 auth
or 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, n
ot 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 c
reation and appreciation of literature.