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Consciousness and the Novel : Connected Essays (The Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature)
Consciousness and the Novel Connected Essays - The Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature Author:David Lodge How does the novel's method compare with that of other creative media such as film? How does the consciousness (and unconscious) of the creative writer do its work? And how can criticism infer the nature of this process? In essays on a range of novelists, and in reflections on his own practice as a novelist, David Lodge is able to bring to light... more »—and to engaging life—the technical, intellectual, and sometimes simply mysterious working of the creative mind. "David Lodge is ever tactful, the gentleman-as-critic. His responses to differing theories of art and consciousness are respectful, and his interest in novelists is unfailingly generous." —Daniel Mark Epstein, Washington Times "A bright, instructive introduction to David Lodge—as critic and novelist—for anyone who does not know his work." —Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle "This book … is a visit backstage, where we can peer at the smoke and mirrors of the novelist's art … What a joy, finally, to clamber back and forth across the crumbling old chasm of arts versus sciences to contemplate such a multifaceted and defiant mystery as consciousness." —Susan Greenfield, Times Higher Education Supplement« less