by GRAHAM HOUGH
Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge, and University Lecturer in English
Frank Kermode 's The Sense of an Ending is an attempt 'to relate the theory of literary fiction to a more general theory of fiction, using fictions of the apocalypse as a model.' Principally it is concerned with the way in which different concepts of time. changing notions of the beginning and ending of life, have influenced the developments of literary form. Dr. Hough regards the book as a work of great subtlety and considerable importance hut raises some questions about Professor Kermode's premises, as well as his style and approach to the subject