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The practice of writing / David Lodge.

By:

Lodge, David, (, 1935-)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Allen Lane , 1997, c1996Edition: 1st American edDescription: 340 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780713991734

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

823 LOD

LOC classification:

PR6062.O36 A6 1997

Abstract: When it comes to the craft of writing, David Lodge finds much to celebrate, analyze, and confess. In this absorbing collection of seventeen essays he ponders the work of writers he particularly admires, current and past trends in literary style, and the mechanics of the craft itself. Revealing, enlightening pieces on Graham Greene, James Joyce, Kingsley Amis and Anthony Burgess are interspersed with personal reflections on Lodge's own artistic and technical struggles. His insights into the contemporary world of publishing, and mass culture in general, are both trenchant and refreshing. As entertaining as it is edifying, this collection of fine writing about writing will prove valuable to students of the art as well as to Lodge's many, loyal readers who wish to know more about his own work.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	823 LOD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		023150

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Includes index.

When it comes to the craft of writing, David Lodge finds much to celebrate, analyze, and confess. In this absorbing collection of seventeen essays he ponders the work of writers he particularly admires, current and past trends in literary style, and the mechanics of the craft itself. Revealing, enlightening pieces on Graham Greene, James Joyce, Kingsley Amis and Anthony Burgess are interspersed with personal reflections on Lodge's own artistic and technical struggles. His insights into the contemporary world of publishing, and mass culture in general, are both trenchant and refreshing. As entertaining as it is edifying, this collection of fine writing about writing will prove valuable to students of the art as well as to Lodge's many, loyal readers who wish to know more about his own work.

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