Table of Contents

1. The End ; 2. Fictions ; 3. World without end or beginning ; 4. The modern apocalypse ; 5. Literary fiction and reality ; 6. Solitary confinement ; Epilogue: The Sense of an Ending, 1999 ; Notes

About the Author

Frank Kermode was formerly King Edward VII Professor of English Literature, Cambridge University.

Reviews

"An impressively learned, eloquent, and brilliant defense of a non-schismatic view of human time."--Leo Bersani, The New York Times "A packed, original, highly stimulating book,"--David Lodge "An impressively learned, eloquent, and brilliant defense of a non-schismatic view of human time."--Leo Bersani, The New York Times "A packed, original, highly stimulating book,"--David Lodge