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Sir John Frank Kermode FBA (29 November 1919 – 17 August 2010) was a Manx 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''. ==Biography== 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. Kermode was a contributor for several years to the literary and political magazine, ''Encounter'' and in 1965 became co-editor. He resigned within two years, once it became clear that the magazine was funded by the CIA.〔 In 1974, Kermode took the position of King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at Cambridge University. He resigned the post in 1982, at least in part because of the acrimonious tenure debate surrounding Colin MacCabe. He then moved to Columbia University, where he was Julian Clarence Levi Professor Emeritus in the Humanities. In 1975–76 he held the Norton Lectureship at Harvard University.〔 He was knighted in 1991. A few months before Kermode's death the scholar James Shapiro described him as "the best living reader of Shakespeare anywhere, hands down".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.literateur.com/an-interview-with-james-shapiro )〕 Kermode died in Cambridge on 17 August 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Kermode」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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