
The Art of Fiction
by David Lodge
Title:
The Art of Fiction
Author:
David Lodge
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
256 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9780099554240
EAN:
9780099554240
Classifications:
Literature: history and criticism
Weight (g):
306
Dimensions (mm):
195 x 125 x 16
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
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.




















