TY - BOOK DB - /z-wcorg/ DP - http://worldcat.org ID - 336843 LA - English T1 - The sense of an ending; studies in the theory of fiction AU - Kermode, Frank, PB - Oxford University Press CY - New York Y1 - 1967/// AB - 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. ER -