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David John Lodge CBE (born 28 January 1935) is an English author and critic. A literature professor at the University of Birmingham until 1987, some of his novels satirise academic life, notably the "Campus Trilogy" – Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses (1975), Small World: An Academic Romance (1984) and Nice Work (1988).
David Lodge, English novelist, literary critic, playwright, and editor known chiefly for his satiric novels about academic life, especially Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses (1975), Small World: An Academic Romance (1984), and Nice Work (1988). Learn more about Lodge’s life and career.
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- Changing Places (The Campus Trilogy, #1) David Lodge.
- Small World (The Campus Trilogy, #2) David Lodge.
- Nice Work (The Campus Trilogy, #3) David Lodge.
- Deaf Sentence David Lodge.
Born in South London on 28 January 1935, Professor David Lodge is a graduate and Honorary Fellow of University College London. He is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Birmingham, where he taught from 1960 until 1987, when he retired to write full-time. He was Harkness Fellow in the United States (1964-5), Visiting ...
- London, England
- Secker & Warburg Ltd, Vintage
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- January 28, 1935
- Changing Places (The Campus Trilogy, #1)
- Small World (The Campus Trilogy, #2)
- Nice Work (The Campus Trilogy, #3)
- Deaf Sentence.
Changing Places (1975) is the first "campus novel" by British novelist David Lodge. The subtitle is "A Tale of Two Campuses", and thus a literary allusion to Charles Dickens ' A Tale of Two Cities .
Prizes judged. The Booker Prize 1989. All nominated books. Out of the Shelter. Small World. Nice Work. Despite believing that ‘A committee is a blunt instrument of literary criticism’, the novelist David Lodge chaired a group of judges that came up with a roundly applauded winner.
