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The Classic

Literary Images of Permanence and Change

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$33.00 • £26.95 • €29.50

ISBN 9780674133983

Publication Date: 09/01/1983

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142 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

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Sir (John) Frank Kermode was Julian Clarence Levi Professor of English Literature, Emeritus, at Columbia University and a Fellow of King’s College, University of Cambridge. He was instrumental in the 1979 founding of the London Review of Books and was knighted in 1991 for his service to literature.

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