The Sense of an Ending
Studies in the Theory of Fiction (Mary Flexner Lectures)
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Word Count
83,500 words, Guess
Page Count
334 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7385816M
- ISBN-139780195007701
- ISBN-100195007700
- OCLC Control Number223312255
- OCLC Control Number4054315
and 5 more
- OCLC Control Number336843
- OCLC Control Numbersenseofendingstu0000kerm
- Library of Congress Control Number67015128
- LibraryThing207158
- Goodreads1548558
Classifications
- LCCPN45 .K44 1967
Description
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
First Sentence
It is not expected of critics as it is of poets that they should help us to make sense of our lives; they are bound only to attempt the lesser feat of making sense of the ways we try to make sense of our lives.
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