Kermode, Frank 1919-2010

The literary guide to the Bible by Robert Alter( Book )

57 editions published between 1987 and 2003 in English and French and held by 2,965 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This literary guide leads the reader toward an understanding and appreciation of a book that has shaped the minds of men and women for two millenia and more. Provides an analysis of the Bible's structures, themes, narrative techniques and poetic forms. 1 line illustration. Rediscover the incomparable literary richness and strength of a book that all of us live with an many of us live by. An international team of renowned scholars, assembled by two leading literary critics, offers a book-by-book guide through the Old and New Testaments as well as general essays on the Bible as a whole, providing an enticing reintroduction to a work that has shaped our language and thought for thousands of years

The Oxford anthology of English literature by Frank Kermode( Book )

140 editions published between 1900 and 2002 in 3 languages and held by 2,669 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A fully-annotated, two-volume work which presents the major literary achievements of English writers from the medieval period to the twentieth century together with examples of art from each era

Collected poetry and prose by Wallace Stevens( Book )

10 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 2,227 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Here are all of Stevens' published books of poetry, side-by-side for the first time with the haunting lyrics of his later years and early work that traces the development of his art. From the rococo inventiveness of Harmonium, his first volume (including such classics as "Sunday Morning", "Peter Quince at the Clavier", and "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird"), through "Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction", "Esthetique du Mal", "The Auroras of Autumn", and the other large-scale masterpieces of his middle years, to the austere final poems of "The Rock", Stevens' poetry explores with unrelenting intensity the relation between the world and the human imagination, between nature as found and nature as invented, and the ways poetry mediates between them. This volume presents over a hundred poems uncollected by Stevens, including early versions of often discussed works like "The Comedian as the Letter C" and "Owl's Clover". Also here is the most comprehensive selection available of Stevens' prose writings. The Necessary Angel (1951), his distinguished book of essays, joins nearly fifty shorter pieces, many previously uncollected: reviews, speeches, short stories, criticism, philosophical writings, and responses to the work of Eliot, Moore, Williams, and other poets. The often dazzling aphorisms Stevens gathered over the years are included, as are his plays and selections from his poetic notebooks. Rounding out the volume is a fifty-year span of journal entries and letters, newly edited from manuscript sources, which provide fascinating glimpses of Stevens' thoughts on poetry and the creative process

Shakespeare's language by Frank Kermode( Book )

35 editions published between 2000 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,193 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This book argues that something extraordinary happened to Shakespeare's language in midcareer, somewhere around 1600."

The age of Shakespeare by Frank Kermode( Book )

33 editions published between 2003 and 2005 in English and held by 1,897 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In this book, Kermode uses the history and culture of the Elizabethan era to enlighten us about William Shakespeare and his poetry and plays. Opening with the big picture of the religious and dynastic events that defined England in the age of the Tudors, Kermode takes the reader on a tour of Shakespeare's England, portraying London's society, its early capitalism, its court, its bursting population, and its epidemics, as well as its arts--including, of course, its theater. Then Kermode focuses on Shakespeare himself and his career, all in the context of the time in which he lived. Kermode reads each play against the backdrop of its probable year of composition, providing new historical insights into Shakspeare's characters, themes, and sources. The result is an important, lasting, and concise companion guide to the works of Shakespeare by one of our most eminent literary scholars.--From publisher description

The tempest by William Shakespeare( Book )

147 editions published between 1954 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,881 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shakespeare's last play, which contains some of the playwright's most famous lines, "The Tempest" tells the story of Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan. He lives on an island with his daughter Mirand and the servants, Ariel, the spirit, and Caliban, the monster. The action develops when a shipwreck brings his usurping brother Antonio to the island

The sense of an ending; studies in the theory of fiction by Frank Kermode( Book )

83 editions published between 1967 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 1,788 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Romantic image by Frank Kermode( Book )

119 editions published between 1957 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,696 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

For the past four decades Frank Kermode, critic and writer, has steadily established himself as one of the most brilliant minds of his generation. Author and editor of over forty books, his prodigious output includes some of the best literary criticism to be published. Questioning the public's harsh perception of 'the artist', Kermode at the same time gently pokes fun at artists' own, often inflated, self-image. He identifies what has become one of the defining characteristics of the Romantic tradition - the artist in isolation and the emerging power of the imagination. The ingeniousness of Kermode's argument and the polish and wit of the writing all serve to identify the book as one of his finest offerings. Back in print after an absence of over a decade, The Romantic Image is quintessential Kermode. Small wonder then that this, one of his earliest works, is such a classic. Enlightenment has seldom been so enjoyable!

Selected prose of T.S. Eliot by T. S Eliot( Book )

34 editions published between 1965 and 1988 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,616 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thirty-one of Eliot's most influential critical essays on general literary topics, individual authors, and social and religious themes are edited in their entirety or in substantial extract by the distinguished English scholar-critic

Shakespeare, Spenser, Donne : Renaissance essays by Frank Kermode( Book )

34 editions published between 1971 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,439 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

First published in 1971. This collection of essays discusses some of the central works and areas of literature in the Renaissance period of cultural history. Contents include: Spenser and the Allegorists; The Faerie Queene, I and V; The Cave of Mammon; The Banquet of Sense; John Donne; The Patience of Shakespeare; Survival fo the Classic; Shakespeare's Learning; The Mature Comedies; The Final Plays