Frank Kermode Quotes

1919–2010 United Kingdom

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.

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[E]schatology is stretched over the whole of history, the End is present in every moment, the types always relevant.

The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the History of Fiction (2000)

[A]lthough for us the End has perhaps lost its naive imminence, its shadow still lies on the crises of our fictions; we may speak of it as immanent.

The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the History of Fiction (2000)

We project ourselves–a small, humble, elect perhaps–past the End, so as to see the structure whole, a thing we cannot do from our spot of time in the middle...

The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the History of Fiction (2000)

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