The Language of Fiction.

£250 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

A wonderfully bright copy of David Lodge's first book on academic criticism, the first half of which discusses the function of language and the second applies those theories to classic works of literature. Lodge was an English academic and novelist becoming a literature professor at the University of Birmingham as well as teaching at other universities across the world. He retired in 1987 to focus on writing full-time, where he penned almost twenty novels and many works of criticism, including The Art of Fiction . First edition; 8vo (22 x 15 cm); a little age-toned, neat pen ownership signature to prelim, else internally clean; publisher's navy boards with gilt lettering to spine, illustrated green dust-jacket with white and pink decoration, slight signs of wear to extremities, a very bright, near-fine copy; 284pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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