Lives in Writing

by David Lodge

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This thoughtful and enlightening collection by one of our best-loved and most highly respected novelists and critics includes essays on Graham Greene, Kingsley Amis, Terry Eagleton, Muriel Spark and Alan Bennett, as well as pieces on John Boorman and the death of Princess Diana. It also gives insight into Lodge's own writing processes and novels. Full of anecdotes and wonderful observations, Lives in Writing is the perfect literary companion.

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Canonical title
Lives in Writing
Original title
Lives in Writing
Original publication date
2014 (1e édition originale anglaise, Harvill Secker) (1e é | dition originale anglaise, Harvill Secker); 2014 (1e traduction et édition française, Payot et Rivages) (1e traduction et é | dition franç | aise, Payot et Rivages)
Epigraph*
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Dedication*
Pour Angela, et à la mémoire de Tom
First words*
Avant-propos

Je mène de front la création et la pratique de la critique littéraire depuis plus de cinquante ans : je me considère avant tout comme un romancier et, dans un second temps, comme un théoricien ... (show all)du roman. [...]
Graham Greene, les dernières années

La biographie en trois volumes de Graham Greene1 a occupé exclusivement son auteur, Norman Sherry, pendant vingt-huit ans, ce qui constitue peut-être une sorte de record. ... (show all)Greene est mort en 1991, en prédisant avec justesse qu'il ne serait pas là pour lire le deuxième volume, publié en 1994. [...]
Original language*
Anglais (Royaume-Uni) (Royaume-Uni)
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Literature Studies and Criticism, Nonfiction, Fiction and Literature, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS
823.9109Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-1999
LCC
PR474Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish LiteratureBy periodModern20th century
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