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A senior research fellow of the institute of english studies, university of london, and emeritus professor at the university of warwick, he was editor of the times literary supplement through the 1980s. Elaine showalter on the complicated life of susan sontag. The times literary supplement s of london 100 most influential books since wwii in 1986, a diverse group of writers and scholars came together to try to assist independent east. Its been a week since the last of our first series of something rhymed salons, which looked at ways to increase gender parity in the literary world. The times is a british daily monday to saturday national newspaper based in london. Contains the full text of frequentlyused twayne literary masters books on individual world, us, or english authors. Books of the times a virus upends the world in a sweeping new novel. Tls reputations revisited the neglected books page. Howard davies was appointed chairman of the london library trustees on 3 november 2015. Books of the times a virus upends the world in a sweeping new novel lawrence wrights the end of october is about the scientific challenge, political turmoil and social horror of a pandemic. Times literary supplement british journal britannica. Department of english and literary arts university of denver. Even after the end of the century, the resonance of the year 2000 for american writers remains palpable in such. Wilson and christopher hitchens in the 1990s and 2000s.
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