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The Modes of Modern Writing
Metaphor, Metonymy, and the Typology of Modern Literature
Series: Bloomsbury Revelations
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Ideal for students and lovers of literature at any level seeking a clear and engaging understanding of modern literary modes and criticism.
Reprint. Originally published: London: E. Arnold, 1977.
A landmark work of literary criticism from one of Britain's best loved and most influential writers.
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The Modes of Modern Writing tackles some of the fundamental questions we all encounter when studying or reading literature, such as: what is literature? What is realism? What is the relationship between form and content? And what dictates the shifts in literary fashions and tastes?
In answering these questions, the book examines texts by a wide range of modern novelists and poets, including James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, Virginia Woolf, Samuel Beckett, and Philip Larkin, and draws on the work of literary theorists from Roman Jakobson to Roland Barthes.
Written in Lodge’s typically accessible style, this is essential reading for students and lovers of literature at any level. The Bloomsbury Revelations edition includes a new Foreword/Afterword by the author.
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Praised as important and original by Times Higher Education, this book is recognised for its bold and ambitious yet lucid approach, as noted by The Yale Review. The Times Literary Supplement highlights its incisive analysis, while English Review commends its gripping exploration of literature's essence.
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ISBN: 9781474244213
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 22 October 2015
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 138.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 480g
Pages: 368
About the Author
David Lodge (CBE) is an internationally acclaimed author and critic. His novels have been awarded the Hawthornden Prize, the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His influential works of literary criticism continue to shape the way we read literature today.
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