David Lodge (author) Summary

The English author, David Lodge (born 1935), wrote novels that frequently reflected his class-consciousness, Catholic background, and/or his life in academia.David Lodge was born on January 28, 1935, ... Read more

David Lodge is the author of some of the most clever, ambitious, and funny fiction written in England during the past four decades. His fifth novel, Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses (1975), won... Read more

In the following review, Donoghue finds Lodge's collection of writings in Write On uneven. Donoghue also discusses the role of metaphor in literature and criticism. This is a gathering of Da... Read more

In the following unfavorable review of The Art of Fiction, Kemp finds shortcomings in the volume's lack of focus and consistency. “This is a book for people who prefer to take their L... Read more

In the following review of The Practice of Writing, Taylor commends Lodge's critical writings, though finds the collection as a whole to be a “mixed bag” of varying importance and... Read more

In the following review, Quinlan offers a favorable assessment of After Bakhtin. A remark in the introduction to David Lodge’s quite excellent new book—or rather collection of occasio... Read more