Nice Work de David Lodge : Un « Condition of England novel » des années 1980 ?

In Nice Work, David Lodge appropriates the model of the « condition-of-England novel » which he transposes into the 1980s. More than a mere transposition, Nice Work turns out to be an open rewriting of the Victorian novels quoted in epigraphs since the text, with its comical aspect and its auto-refl...

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Main Author: Armelle Parey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses universitaires de Rennes 2004-10-01
Series:Revue LISA
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/lisa/2910
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description In Nice Work, David Lodge appropriates the model of the « condition-of-England novel » which he transposes into the 1980s. More than a mere transposition, Nice Work turns out to be an open rewriting of the Victorian novels quoted in epigraphs since the text, with its comical aspect and its auto-reflexive dimension, distances itself from realism. Far from being innocent, this rewriting considers critically the Thatcher era as well as contemporary literary theory and gives a discerning homage to Victorian novels.
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title Nice Work de David Lodge : Un « Condition of England novel » des années 1980 ?
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