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ESSE Book Award ESSE BOOK AWARD - The winners for 2008 26 August 2008 a) Field of
English language and linguistics:
No prize was awarded in this field in 2008. b) Field of
Literatures in the English language:
The prize was awarded to Clare Brant for her book Eighteenth-Century Letters and British Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006: http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=271521 The committee issued the following statement concerning the book: "In her book
Eighteenth-Century Letters and British Culture (Palgrave,
Macmillan, 2006), Clare Brant offers an excellent survey of
letter-writing as well as a profound, well-researched and documented
study of the 18th-century British culture. Studying an impressive
amount of letters, she explores varied epistolary techniques and shows
what systematic attention to letters can reveal about the messages
themselves, their authors, and those to whom they are addressed.
Moreover, through the medium of letter-writing, Brant has chosen an interesting lens to look at the 18th-century English literature and culture. Her study is not a mere exploration of epistolary forms, but a lively introduction into a fascinating epoch, with its specific manners and life-style. The author’s argument is engaging, bold and forceful, and its scope is really impressive."
c) Field of
Cultural Studies in English:
No prize was awarded in this field in 2008. ESSE BOOK AWARD 2008 Shortlist 20th June 2008 According to regulation 9 of the ESSE Book Awards 2008, “two months before the opening of the conference a shortlist of a maximum of five books in each field will be announced on the ESSE Web site. Board members are asked to report to the President any misgivings that they may have about the propriety of awarding a prize to any book on the shortlist, with the President passing on such comments to the committees if he deems it appropriate. The committees will recommend the awards to the Board, or they may recommend that no award be made in a particular field. The President will report to the Board whether the work of the committees has been satisfactorily conducted. The Board may then approve the recommendations of the committees or they may reject a recommendation, in which case no award will be given in that field. Winners will be informed immediately in confidence, and the awards will be publicly announced at the General Meeting of ESSE, in Aarhus”. The Board will take a decision on the awards during its meeting in August, the day before the opening of the conference (21st August 2008). Meanwhile, the recommendations made by the committees to the Board are as follows: a) Field of
English language and linguistics:
The committee makes the recommendation that no prize be awarded in this field in 2008. b) Field of
Literatures in the English language:
The committee wishes to announce the following shortlist of five books, which is presented in alphabetical order of authors: BELSEY, Catherine. Why Shakespeare? Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. BRANT, Clare. Eighteenth-Century Letters and British Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. JONES, Chris. Strange Likeness. The Use of Old English in Twentieth-Century Poetry. Oxford University Press, 2006. LAWLOR, Clark. Consumption and Literature. The Making of the Romantic Disease. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. ONEGA, Susana. Jeanette Winterson. Manchester University Press, 2006. c) Field of
Cultural Studies in English:
The committee makes the recommendation that no prize be awarded in this field in 2008. A book prize of 1500 euros will be awarded by ESSE every two years, coinciding with the biennial conference, for books in each of the following fields: a) English language and linguistics b) Literatures in the English language c) Cultural studies in English The deadline for the next book award is 1 February 2008. The winners will be announced on the occasion of ESSE/9 in Aarhus. The books that may be submitted for consideration will have to be books published in 2006 or 2007. The requirements are as follows: 1) Books eligible for prizes will be those published in English; they should have an ISBN number. PhD dissertations published in book format, with an ISBN number, are accepted. Editions of collected essays will not qualify for these prizes. The books must be works of scholarly research in the field of English studies. Undergraduate textbooks will not be considered. 2) Any number of books may be submitted by the same author (provided that they are published within the admitted period of time). 3) No age, geographical or nationality discrimination will be made; books will be evaluated strictly on the basis of their academic value. 4) Authors must be members of national associations affiliated to ESSE, and should submit for consideration three review copies of the book. Three copies of the submitted book are absolutely necessary. 5) The book(s) submitted shall not be returned. 6) The candidates will first write to the ESSE President (fernando.galvan@uah.es), informing him of their intention to participate, declaring their affiliation to a national association which is a member of ESSE, giving their university address, mentioning the field to which their book belongs, and indicating whether the book will be sent by the author or by the publisher. 7) Review copies will be sent to the President of ESSE (Professor Fernando Galván, Vicerrectorado de Planificación Académica y Profesorado, Universidad de Alcalá, Plaza San Diego, s/n, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain) by 1 February 2008. The deadline must be observed. 8) The selection committees (three members each) will be appointed by the Board of ESSE in each of the three fields named above. Their composition will not be made public. Board members shall not pass on any information concerning this matter to the members of their associations. The Executive will replace any members who are unable to carry out their duties. The Chairs of the selection committees will report progress regularly to the President. The members of the three committees can be Board members or ESSE members invited by the Board to do the selection job. The members of the committees are excluded from submitting their own books. 9) Two months before the opening of the conference a shortlist of a maximum of five books in each field will be announced on the ESSE Web site. Board members are asked to report to the President any misgivings that they may have about the propriety of awarding a prize to any book on the short list, with the President passing on such comments to the committees if he deems it appropriate. The Committees will recommend the awards to the Board, or they may recommend that no award be made in a particular field. The President will report to the Board whether the work of the committees has been satisfactorily conducted. The Board may then approve the recommendations of the committees or they may reject a recommendation, in which case no award will be given in that field. Winners will be informed immediately in confidence, and the awards will be publicly announced at the General Meeting of ESSE, in Aarhus. ESSE BOOK AWARD - The winners for 2006  English Literature : Derek Attridge (University of York) for his book The Singularity of Literature (London: Routledge), 2004. http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/engl/staff/academic/attridge.htm (see below the photograph of Professor Attridge receiving the ESSE Book Award for English Literature from Professor Adolphe Haberer, President of ESSE in the Beveridge Hall, Senate House, on 2nd September 2006).
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The
Linguistics of English : John Holm
(University of Coimbra, Portugal) for his book Languages in
Contact: The Partial Restructuring of Vernaculars ( Cambridge :
CUP), 2004.