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Kermode, Frank, 1919-2010.

The sense of an ending; studies in the theory of fiction [by] Frank Kermode.

New York, Oxford University Press, 1967.

xi, 187 pages 21 cm.

This significant exploration of the relationship of fiction to age-old conception of chaos and crisis brings highly concentrated insights to bear upon some of the most unyielding philosophical and aesthetic enigmas. Mr. Kermode ranges through the works of writers from Plato to Sorokin, showing how men have persistently imposed their "fictions" upon the face of eternity and how these have reflected the apocalyptic spirit. -- back cover.

Mary Flexner lectures, 1965

Mary Flexner lectures.

Literature -- Philosophy.

Lectures delivered at Bryn Mawr College under the title The long perspectives.

Bibliographical references includes in "Notes" (p. 181-187).

Preface -- The end -- Fictions -- World without end or beginning -- The modern apocalypse -- Literary fiction and reality -- Solitary confinement -- Notes.

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