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Sep 10, 2014 frank kermode, the sense of an ending. Born on the isle of man, he taught at university college london, cambridge, columbia and harvard. 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. The sense of an ending is the story of one man coming to terms with the mutable past.
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