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Book SynopsisNow including a new introduction from the author, this major work from one of England's finest living writers is essential reading for all those who care about the creation and appreciation of literature.
Trade Review'Perhaps because he is a good novelist himself, Mr Lodge's subjection of various writers to detailed linguistic analysis is illuminating and exciting.' - Daily Telegraph
'Perhaps because he is a good novelist himself, Mr Lodge's sujection of various writers to detailed linguistic analysis is illuminating and exciting.' - Daily Telegraph
'Something of a milestone in English criticism ... an important addition to English critical writing about the genre of the novel' - Tony Tanner, The Modern Language Review
'... in many ways the most interesting of recent books on the novel, knowledgeable and closely argued.' - William Righter, The Listener
'readable, sensitive, perceptive' - Robert Scholes, Contemporary Literature
Table of ContentsForeword to Routledge Classics Edition, Preface, PART I The Novelist’s Medium and the Novelist’s Art: Problems in Criticism, PART II, Afterword to the Second Edition (1984), References, Index
