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Sir John Frank Kermode, FBA (29 November 1919 – 17 August 2010) was a British literary critic best known for his 1967 work The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction and for his extensive book-reviewing and editing.
Aug 19, 2010 · Frank Kermode, who rose from humble origins to become one of England’s most respected and influential critics, died Tuesday at his home in Cambridge, England. He was 90.
The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction is the most famous work of the literary scholar Frank Kermode. It was first published in 1967 by Oxford University Press. The book originated in the Mary Flexner Lectures, given at Bryn Mawr College in 1965 under the title 'The Long Perspectives'. Summary
Sep 7, 2010 · In Memoriam. The writer and critic Frank Kermode, who died last month at the age of 91, was, for the many colleagues and readers who loved and admired him in America and England, sui generis. Over more than sixty years, in more than fifty books and hundreds—no, thousands—of vigorous, elegant review articles, not to mention his classes and ...
Aug 26, 2010 · Kermode—who served in the Royal Navy during World War II—sees the prisoner in his cell as the archetypal storyteller: “Down on the bedrock,” he quotes Burney as writing, “life becomes a ...
Dec 5, 2009 · I choose left. "People always look left," Sir Frank says welcomingly from the right. Kermode, who's widely viewed as the country's pre-eminent scholar-critic, has just turned 90. "It's pure...
Aug 21, 2010 · Frank Kermode, who died this week at the age of 90, certainly lived a full and productive intellectual life to the very end, but his passing leaves a palpable void, because there is no one...
