Kermode, Frank

Contains a series of lectures the author gave at Bryn Mawr College in 1965 discussing his analysis of fiction examining the works of writers from Plato to William Burroughs and how these author's apocalyoitic themes reflect a world of uncertain beginnings and ends.

Examines the history, culture, and society of Elizabethan England, and looks at the life and writings of William Shakespeare within the context of the time in which he lived.

Presents hundreds of works of English literature from medieval times through the twentieth century.