Biography as a literary form

The story of a mysterious friendship, this award winning biography tells how poet, playwright, murderer & rake Richard Savage became both friend to Samuel Johnson & the subject of Johnson's 'The Life of Richard Savage', which revolutionized biography & formed the image of the romantic, outcast poet.

This collection by one of our best-loved and most highly respected novelists and critics includes essays on Graham Greene, Kingsley Amis, Terry Eagleton, Muriel Spark and Alan Bennett, as well as pieces on John Boorman and the death of Princess Diana. It also gives insight into Lodge's own writin...

Where do novelists get their ideas from? How do they develop an idea into a narrative with a specific and individual form? David Lodge traces the history of his novel about Henry James, from the very first mention of the basic idea, through the processes of research and writing, to the publicatio...