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Biography

Lodge was born and grew up in Brockley in south-east London. His first published novel The Picturegoers (1960) draws on his early experiences, which are also described in his novel Therapy. For other uses, see Brockley (disambiguation). ... The Picturegoers (1960) is the first novel by British novelist David Lodge. ... Therapy (1995) is a novel by British author David Lodge. ...

Lodge studied at University College London, obtaining a BA in 1955 and an MA in 1959. He went on to obtain a PhD at the University of Birmingham, and taught English there from 1960 until 1987, when he retired to become a full-time writer. He retains the title of Honorary Professor of Modern English Literature at the University and continues to live in Birmingham. His papers are housed at the University of Birmingham Special Collections. Affiliations University of London Russell Group LERU EUA ACU Golden Triangle G5 Website http://www. ... A B.A. issued from the University of Tennessee. ... A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ... Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph. ... Website http://www. ... The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian, V.S... Birmingham (pron. ...

Lodge often satirises academia in general, and the humanities in particular, in his novels. As Lodge was brought up as a Catholic — though he later described himself as an "agnostic Catholic" — many of his characters are Roman Catholic and their Catholicism is also one of his themes, especially in his novels The British Museum Is Falling Down, How Far Can You Go? (published in the U.S. as Souls and Bodies) and Paradise News. The humanities are those academic disciplines which study the human condition using methods that are largely analytic, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural and social sciences. ... Agnosticism (from the Greek a, meaning without, and Gnosticism or gnosis, meaning knowledge) is the philosophical view that the truth value of certain claims—particularly metaphysical claims regarding theology, afterlife or the existence of God, gods, deities, or even ultimate reality—is unknown or, depending on the form of agnosticism... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The British Museum Is Falling Down (1965) is a comic novel by David Lodge about a 25 year-old poverty-stricken student of English literature who, rather than working on his thesis (entitled The Structure of Long Sentences in Three Modern English Novels) in the reading room of the British... How Far Can You Go? is a novel by the distinguished British writer and academic David Lodge. ... How Far Can You Go is a novel by British writer David Lodge, published in 1980. ... Paradise News (1991) is a novel by British author David Lodge. ...

His fictional locales include the town of "Rummidge", modelled after Birmingham, and the equally imaginary US state of "Euphoria", situated between the states of "North California" and "South California". Euphoria's State University is located in the city of "Plotinus", a thinly disguised version of Berkeley, California. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

Several of his novels — in particular, Changing Places, Small World, and Nice Work — have been adapted into television series. Nice Work was filmed at the University of Birmingham. This article is about the thought experiment called changing places. To read about the novel by David Lodge, see Changing Places The changing places thought experiment was created by Max Velmans, Reader of Psychology at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and was discussed in his 2000 work, Understanding Consciousness. ... Small World: An Academic Romance (published in 1984) is a humorous campus novel by the British writer David Lodge. ... Nice Work (published in 1988) is a book by David Lodge which was also made into a television series. ...

In the 1998 New Years Honours list, David Lodge was appointed CBE for his services to literature. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander...

Awards and recognition

• Winner of the Hawthornden Prize and the Yorkshire Post Fiction Prize for Changing Places
• Whitbread Book of the Year (1980) for How Far Can You Go?
• Shortlisted for the Booker Prize (1984) for Small World
• Shortlisted for the Booker Prize (1988) for Nice Work
• Winner of the Sunday Express Book of the Year Award (1988) for Nice Work
• Regional winner and finalist for the Commonwealth Writers Prize (1996) for Therapy
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
• The television serialization of Nice Work (which he adapted himself) won the Royal Television Society's Award for best Drama serial in the year 1989 and a Silver Nymph at the International Television Festival (Monte Carlo; 1990).

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Bibliography

Fiction

• The Picturegoers — 1960
• Ginger You're Barmy — 1962
• The British Museum Is Falling Down — 1965
• Out of the Shelter — 1970
• Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses — 1975
• How Far Can You Go? (US edition: Souls and Bodies) — 1980
• Small World: An Academic Romance — 1984
• Nice Work — 1988
• Paradise News — 1991
• Therapy — 1995
• The Man Who Wouldn't Get Up: And Other Stories — 1998
• Home Truths — 1999 (novella - written from original play)
• Thinks ... — 2001
• Author, Author — 2004

The Picturegoers (1960) is the first novel by British novelist David Lodge. ... Ginger Youre Barmy (1962) is a comic novel by David Lodge based on his experiences of National Service in post-war Britain between August 1955 and August 1957. ... The British Museum Is Falling Down (1965) is a comic novel by David Lodge about a 25 year-old poverty-stricken student of English literature who, rather than working on his thesis (entitled The Structure of Long Sentences in Three Modern English Novels) in the reading room of the British... Out of the Shelter (1970) is a novel by British author David Lodge. ... This article is about the thought experiment called changing places. To read about the novel by David Lodge, see Changing Places The changing places thought experiment was created by Max Velmans, Reader of Psychology at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and was discussed in his 2000 work, Understanding Consciousness. ... How Far Can You Go? is a novel by the distinguished British writer and academic David Lodge. ... Small World: An Academic Romance (published in 1984) is a humorous campus novel by the British writer David Lodge. ... Nice Work (published in 1988) is a book by David Lodge which was also made into a television series. ... Paradise News (1991) is a novel by British author David Lodge. ... Therapy (1995) is a novel by British author David Lodge. ... Home Truths (1999) is a novella by British author David Lodge. ... Thinks . ... Author, Author is a novel by David Lodge, written in 2004 The book is based on the life of the author Henry James. ...

Non-fiction

• Language of Fiction — 1966
• The Novelist at the Crossroads — 1971
• The Modes of Modern Writing — 1977
• Write On — 1986
• The Art of Fiction (book) — 1992
• Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader — 1992
• The Practice of Writing — 1997
• Consciousness and the Novel — 2003
• The Year of Henry James: The Story of a Novel — 2006

The Art of Fiction is a book of literary criticism by the British novelist David Lodge. ...

Theatre

• The Writing Game — 1990
• Home Truths — 1999

Adaptations for television

• Small World — 1988
• Nice Work — 1989
• Martin Chuzzlewit — 1994
• The Writing Game — 1995

Nice Work (published in 1988) is a book by David Lodge which was also made into a television series. ... Martin Chuzzlewit was a 1994 TV miniseries produced by the BBC. It is based on the novel by Charles Dickens, with a screenplay by David Lodge. ...

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