# The Language of Fiction

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- Authors: [David Lodge](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-lodge)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2002-09-12
- Genres: Literature: history and criticism

## Description

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 author 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, not 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 creation and appreciation of literature.

## Editions

### The Language of Fiction

- Publisher: Routledge
- ISBN: 978-04-1529-003-6
- Pages: 340
- Published: 2002-09-12
- Language: en_US