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Literature in English, British Isles

University of Massachusetts Boston

1989

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Thinking Of England, Shaun O'Connell Jun 1989

Thinking Of England, Shaun O'Connell

New England Journal of Public Policy

Shaun O'Connell, in "Thinking of England," examines the current state of "purely English" literature and concludes that "there will be worthy books on the critical, if not terminal, condition of England."

The works discussed in this article include: Latecomers, by Anita Brookner; A Sinking Island: The Modern English Writers, by Hugh Kenner; Collected Poems, by Philip Larkin; The Russia House, by John le Carre; The Fifth Child, by Doris Lessing; Nice Work, by David Lodge; and Out of the Shelter, by David Lodge.