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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
 
1.1 Brief Introduction to David Lodge
David Lodge has been a part of the British literary history for more than half a century.  He is a prolific author of thirty works of novels, monograms, collection of essays.  Pursuing  a  dual  career  of  writing  fiction  and  studying  literature  theories, Lodge has published books of each kind in alteration. He is famous for presenting a vivid picture of the academic life through a series of campus novels like Changing Place,  Small  World,  and  Nice  Work.  Lodge  is  also  a  prominent  literary  critic  in Britain  who  contributes  to  the  notion  on  the  establishment  of  the  “the  poetics  of fiction”. In the recent decades, the focus of his literature study has transferred to the study of “the practice of writing” and the lives in writing.  
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1.2 Brief Introduction to Author, Author 
The first literary figure Lodge presented in the form of novel is Henry James. Published  in  2004,  the  novel  Author,  Author  centers  on  Henry  James’s  five-year campaign in theatre in 1890s and his friendship with George Du Maurier. The latter is the writer of the most popular novel at that age Tribly. Although Lodge thought this  novel  to  be  one  of  his  best  (Perkin,  Tradition  148),  the  novel  received  highly mixed reviews upon its publication.  The story starts from the deathbed of Henry James, flashes back to 30 years ago  and  slowly  develops  to  the  deathbed  again,  finishes  with  an  authorial interpolation. The frame story in Part One and Part Four is what happened around Henry’s last days, and the main story in Part Two and Part Three is about his middle years in 1980s and 1990s. With Henry James’s friendship with George Du Maurier as  its  backbone,  this  novel  dipped  well  into  the  ups  and  downs  of  James’  literary career  after  his  middle  years  and  the  intangled,  complex  relationship  with  his various  acquaintances  and  people  around,  especially,  his  friend  Constance Fennimore  Cooper,  his  sister  Alice  James,  theater  managers  and  actors,  and  some contemporary writers.  
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CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW 

The coincidence of two writers working on the same subject and publishing two novels subsequently in a same year is definitely a strike for the latter. Unfortunately, David Lodge is the latter to Colm Tóibín in this case. The advancing of The Master in 2004  overtook  all  the  honor  and  possible  success  that  Author,  Author  expected, including  the  critical  response.  The  problem  of  timing  had  a  great  impact  on  the critical reviews and public reception of the nove本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。