Prominent in literary criticism since the 1950s, Kermode held “virtually every endowed chair worth having in the British Isles.” He was knighted in 1991, the first literary critic to be so honoured since William Empson.
Prominent in literary criticism since the 1950s, Kermode held “virtually every endowed chair worth having in the British Isles.” He was knighted in 1991, the first literary critic to be so honoured since William Empson.