书目

Lives in Writing

内容简介

ThisisacollectionofessaysonwritersandwritingbytheBooker-shortlistednovelistandcritic.Writingaboutreallivestakesvariousforms,whichoverlapandmaybecombinedwitheachother:biography,autobiography,biographicalcriticism,biographicalfiction,memoir,confession,diary.InthesethoughtfulandenlighteningessaysDavidLodgeconsiderssomeparticularlyinterestingexamplesoflife-writing,andcontributesseveralofhisown.ThesubjectsincludecelebratedmodernBritishwriterssuchasGrahamGreene,KingsleyAmis,MurielSparkandAlanBennett,andtwomajorfiguresfromthepast,AnthonyTrollopeandH.G.Wells.LodgeexaminesconnectionsbetweenthestyleandthemaninthediariesoftheplaywrightSimonGrayandtheculturalcriticismofTerryEagleton,andrecallshowhisownliterarycareerwasentwinedwiththatofhisfriendMalcolmBradbury.Allexceptoneofthesubjects(PrincessDiana)areorwerethemselvesprofessionally"inwriting",makingthiscollectionakindofcasebookofthesplendoursandmiseriesofauthorship.InafinalessayLodgedescribesthegenesisandcompositionalmethodofhisrecentnovelaboutH.G.Wells,AManofParts,andengageswiththecriticalcontroversiesthathavebeenprovokedbytheincreasingpopularityofnarrativeanddramaticwritingthatcombinesfactandfiction.DrawingonDavidLodge'slongexperienceasanovelistandcritic,LivesinWritingisafascinatingstudyoftheinterfacebetweenlifeandliterature.

作者简介

DavidLodge'snovelsincludeChangingPlaces,SmallWorld,NiceWork,Thinks...,Author,Authorand,mostrecently,AManofParts.Hehasalsowrittenstageplaysandscreenplays,andseveralbooksofliterarycriticism,includingTheArtofFiction,ConsciousnessandtheNovelandTheYearofHenryJames.

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