A pioneering attempt to relate the theory of literary fiction to a more general theory of fiction, using fictions of apocalypse as a model. This pioneering exploration of the relationship of fiction to age-old conceptions of chaos and crisis offers many new insights into some of the most unyielding philosophical and aesthetic enigmas. Examining the works of a wide range of writers from Plato to William Burroughs, Kermode demonstrates how writers have persistently imposed their "fictions" upon the face of eternity and how these have reflected the apocalyptic spirit.
- ISBN10 0195007700
- ISBN13 9780195007701
- Publish Date 31 December 1968 (first published June 1967)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 August 2000
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 200
- Language English