In the Times Literary Supplement, 11th March, pages 11-13, is an article
(based on a lecture) by Dan Jacobson entitled " 'If England was what
England seems' " in which he discusses changes in England in the past 50 yrs.
He quotes the first verse of the poem "The Return"., finishes by quoting
the verse "If we have cleared the expectant reef, " "by Kipling - a poet
I cannot abide yet cannot stop reading " and refers to Kipling in
connection with his cryptic verse, obsession with South Africa, and the
modesty of the English.
Could he pursuaded to talk to the Society about why he cannot abide
RK? Is any member acquainted with him?
Dan Jacobson was born in South Africa. He is the author of novels,
collections of short stories, critical works and volumes of travel-writing
and autobiography, including the acclaimed Heshel's Kingdom. His short
stories, reviews and critical essays have appeared in a variety of journals
in Britain and the United States. His books have won him several major
literary prizes, including the John Llewellyn Rhys Award, the Somerset
Maugham Award, the H.H.Wingate Award and the J.R.Ackerley Prize for
Autobiography.
He wrote "Adult Pleasures: Essays on Writers and Readers", Andre Deutsch,
London, 1988
He lives and writes in London. He retired a few years ago from a
professorship in English Literature at University College London.
Bryan Diamond
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