David Lodge
Autor/a de Small World
Sobre l'autor
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'n més 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'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Courtesy of Penguin Group Marketing
Sèrie
Obres de David Lodge
Language of Fiction: Essays in Criticism and Verbal Analysis of the English Novel (1966) 81 exemplars
The modes of modern writing: Metaphor, metonymy, and the typology of modern literature (1977) 49 exemplars
Working with structuralism : essays and reviews on nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature (1981) 39 exemplars
Three Novels: Ginger, You're Barmy; The British Museum is Falling Down; How Far Can You Go? (1994) 7 exemplars
Small world an academic romance 3 exemplars
The uses and abuses of omniscience : method and meaning in Muriel Spark's The prime of Miss Jean Brodie 2 exemplars
Norman Wisdom Collection [DVD] 2 exemplars
Essencial Tunísia 2 exemplars
San Ferry Ann 2 exemplars
Britanski muzej propada 1 exemplars
Coffret David Lodge : Trilogie de Rummidge - Changement de décor - Jeu de société - Un tout petit… (1975) 1 exemplars
Ve?ti din Paradis 1 exemplars
The Novelist at the Crossroad 1 exemplars
A Man in Paris 1 exemplars
Hotel des Boobs 1 exemplars
The Champions: The Complete Series [DVD] 1 exemplars
La vtoute nue 1 exemplars
Interior Monologue 1 exemplars
Prose writings 1 exemplars
La chute du British Museum 1 exemplars
Obres associades
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Col·laborador — 447 exemplars
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen (2009) — Col·laborador — 360 exemplars
The Creative Writing Coursebook: Forty Authors Share Advice and Exercises for Fiction and Poetry (2001) — Col·laborador — 246 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Lodge, David John
- Data de naixement
- 1935-01-28
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- Lloc de naixement
- Brockley, London, England, UK
- Llocs de residència
- Birmingham, England, UK
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
London, England, UK - Educació
- University College London
University of Birmingham (UK)
St Joseph's Academy, Blackheath - Professions
- novelist
editor
literary critic
lecturer - Relacions
- Jacob, Mary Frances (wife)
- Organitzacions
- University of Birmingham
- Premis i honors
- 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
Membres
Converses
Epistolary comedy - read in the 90s a Name that Book (agost 2019)
English Fiction a Name that Book (setembre 2013)
Catholic Group Read: How Far Can You Go? by David Lodge a Christianity (agost 2013)
Ressenyes
Novel.la ambientada al món universitari dels anys 1960 als Estats Units i a Anglaterra, en el marc dels canvis ederivats del maig del 68. Recorda els llibres de Tom Sharpe, sense arribar al seu grau de bogeria.
Llistes
Austenland (1)
Best First Lines (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 67
- També de
- 25
- Membres
- 17,699
- Popularitat
- #1,245
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 293
- ISBN
- 566
- Llengües
- 23
- Preferit
- 84
- Pedres de toc
- 280
Això fa que inicialment siguin més suportables la intrascendència total de l'argument, els personatges plans o l'estranya barreja entre drama i comèdia, que al final ni fa riure ni fa plorar. Passat tres quarts de llibre, la situació es torna insostenible... Abandonat a la pàgina 220 per esgotament.