Frank Kermode
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Professor Sir Frank Kermode FBA |
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| Born |
John Frank Kermode 29 November 1919 Isle of Man |
| Died | 17 August 2010 (aged 90) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Title | King Edward VII Professor of English Literature (1974–1982) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Douglas High School |
| Alma mater | University of Liverpool |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Literary criticism |
| Institutions |
Durham University University of Reading University of Manchester University of Bristol University of Cambridge King's College, Cambridge Harvard University Columbia University |
| Notable works | The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction (1967) |
Sir John Frank Kermode, FBA (29 November 1919 – 17 August 2010) was a British literary critic best known for his work The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction, published in 1967 (revised 2000), and for his extensive book-reviewing and editing.
He was the Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College London and the King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at Cambridge University.
Kermode was known for many works of criticism, and also as editor of the popular Fontana Modern Masters series of introductions to modern thinkers. He was a regular contributor to the London Review of Books and The New York Review of Books.
Kermode was born on the Isle of Man, and was educated at Douglas High School and the University of Liverpool. He served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, for six years in total, much of it in Iceland.
He began his academic career as a lecturer at the University of Durham in 1947. He later taught at the University of Reading, then the University of Bristol. He was named Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College London (UCL) from 1967 to 1974. Under Kermode, the UCL English Department chaired a series of graduate seminars which broke new ground by introducing for the first time contemporary French critical theory to Britain.
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