Not a current English Lit applicant, but from experience UoE tends to hand out offers rather late in the application cycle - not quite as late as some universities though! Most people I know who were conditional offer holders got their offer in March/April, though those who receive unconditional offers tend to get it earlier.
I do know for last year's applicants there was a spreadsheet of offer holders and when they got their offer, so maybe see if anyone similar to you has received an offer? I wouldn't take it as a bad sign though, I didn't receive my offer until mid/late March and still got in!