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David Lodge

Author of Small World

Includes the names: Davd Lodge, David Lodge, by David Lodge, Prof David Lodge

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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 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) — biography from Small World… (more)
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Small World 2,079 copies, 33 reviews
Changing Places 1,897 copies, 34 reviews
Nice Work 1,782 copies, 20 reviews
Therapy 1,370 copies, 19 reviews
Thinks . . . 1,286 copies, 17 reviews
The Art of Fiction: Illustrated from Classic and Modern Texts 1,193 copies, 14 reviews
Deaf Sentence 1,084 copies, 54 reviews
Paradise News 912 copies, 14 reviews
The British Museum is Falling Down 909 copies, 21 reviews
How Far Can You Go? 690 copies, 7 reviews
Author, Author 642 copies, 9 reviews
Home Truths 442 copies, 9 reviews
A David Lodge Trilogy: "Changing Places", "Small World", "Nice Work" 415 copies, 4 reviews
Out of the Shelter 384 copies, 6 reviews
A Man of Parts 378 copies, 18 reviews
Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader 329 copies, 1 review
The Practice of Writing 257 copies
Ginger, You're Barmy 247 copies, 1 review
The Picturegoers 211 copies, 3 reviews
Consciousness and the Novel 167 copies, 2 reviews
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism: A Reader 137 copies
The Year of Henry James: The Story of a Novel 103 copies, 1 review
Scenes of Academic Life: Selected from His Own Novels 91 copies
Language of Fiction: Essays in Criticism and Verbal Analysis of the… 79 copies
The Man Who Wouldn't Get Up and Other Stories 72 copies
Quite a Good Time to Be Born: A Memoir: 1935-1975 54 copies, 2 reviews
After Bakhtin: Essays on Fiction and Criticism 49 copies
The modes of modern writing: Metaphor, metonymy, and the typology of… 47 copies
Write on: Occasional Essays, 1965-85 44 copies
The Writing Game: A Comedy 41 copies, 1 review
Working with structuralism : essays and reviews on nineteenth- and… 39 copies
Lives in Writing 39 copies
Jane Austen: "Emma": A Casebook 28 copies
Writer's Luck: A Memoir: 1976-1991 26 copies
The Novelist at the Crossroads and Other Essays on Fiction and Criticism 12 copies
Surprised by Summer 10 copies, 1 review
Secret Thoughts: A Play Based on the Novel Thinks 7 copies
Three Novels: Ginger, You're Barmy; The British Museum is Falling Down;… 6 copies
Varying degrees of success : a memoir 1992-2010 4 copies
Good Housekeeping Modern Voices: David Lodge 4 copies
Modernism, antimodernism and postmodernism 4 copies
Evelyn Waugh 4 copies
Therapy | Thinks . . . 4 copies
Graham Greene 3 copies
Essencial Tunísia 2 copies
The uses and abuses of omniscience : method and meaning in Muriel… 2 copies
David Lodge (Writers & Their Work) 2 copies
Norman Wisdom Collection [DVD] 2 copies
By David Lodge - [ THE ART OF FICTION BY LODGE, DAVID](AUTHOR)PAPERBACK 1 copy
A Man in Paris 1 copy
Coffret David Lodge : Trilogie de Rummidge - Changement de décor -… 1 copy
The Champions: The Complete Series [DVD] 1 copy
Výkvět mužství : román 1 copy
The British Museum is Falling Down | Paradise News | Out of the Shelter 1 copy
La vtoute nue 1 copy
Interior Monologue 1 copy
Middlemarch and the Idea of the Classic Realist Text 1 copy
Prose writings 1 copy
Hotel des Boobs 1 copy
Happily N'ever After 2: Snow White: Another Bite at the Apple 1 copy
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Emma (Introduction, some editions) 36,562 copies, 495 reviews
The Name of the Rose (Introduction, some editions) 19,201 copies, 308 reviews
Howards End (Introduction, some editions) 8,530 copies, 129 reviews
Lucky Jim (Introduction, some editions) 5,688 copies, 151 reviews
The Knot of Vipers (Introduction, some editions) 919 copies, 20 reviews
A Clockwork Orange [Norton Critical Edition] (Contributor) 897 copies, 9 reviews
The Spoils of Poynton (Editor, some editions) 750 copies, 9 reviews
The Slaves of Solitude (Introduction, some editions) 687 copies, 17 reviews
Kipps (Introduction) 491 copies, 13 reviews
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (Contributor) 447 copies, 3 reviews
One Fat Englishman (Introduction, some editions) 429 copies, 6 reviews
The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories (Contributor) 418 copies, 2 reviews
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane… (Contributor) 356 copies, 18 reviews
To the Hermitage (Biographical essay, some editions) 296 copies, 3 reviews
The Creative Writing Coursebook: Forty Authors Share Advice and Exercises… (Contributor) 240 copies, 3 reviews
The Return of the Pink Panther [1975 film] (Actor) 129 copies
Alton Locke (Introduction, some editions) 98 copies, 3 reviews
The State of the Language [1990] (Contributor) 90 copies, 1 review
The State of the Language [1980] (Contributor) 81 copies, 3 reviews
Granta 12: The True Adventures of The Rolling Stones (Contributor) 44 copies, 1 review
Best of Ring Lardner (Editor) 40 copies
Ice Cold in Alex [1958 film] (Actor) 21 copies
Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! [2022 film] (Actor) 5 copies
Edge of Sanity [1989 Film] (Actor) 4 copies, 1 review
Anthony Burgess and Modernity (Foreword) 3 copies
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Lodge, David John
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Date of birth
1935-01-28
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male
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Birthplace
Brockley, London, England, UK
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Places of residence
Birmingham, England, UK
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
London, England, UK
Education
University College London
University of Birmingham (UK)
St Joseph's Academy, Blackheath
Occupations
novelist
editor
literary critic
lecturer
Relationships
Jacob, Mary Frances (wife)
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University of Birmingham
Awards and 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
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