the nationalisms that gave rise successively to the concept of a distinctly British literature, then an American literature, and now Australian, Canadian, and a host of what are often described equivocally as 'new literatures', constitute a barrier to clear thinking about what has long since become an international enterprise carried on in many cultural settings. (emphasis added)

Christopher Clausen argues that literature 'has long since become an international enterprise carried on in many cultural settings.' (1994: 61, emphasis added)