The European English Messenger
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Volume XIII, Issue 2, Autumn 2004

 
Cover photograph with acknowledgments to Paul Sherwood and The Gallery Press, Ireland.
Cover designed by Kristian Stotesbury, Mäntsälä, Finland.


Contents
The President’s Column

2



Winners of the ESSE Bursaries for 2004

3



ESSE Book Award 2006

4



In Memoriam Paul-Gabriel Boucé (1936-2004)

5



ESSE-8 Confernce, London 2006: First Circular

6



Articles


English Studies in Europe: Past, Present, and Future
Martin A. Kayman
8
Asking Directions in Theory
Anton Kirchhofer
11
The Recent History of Linguistic Relativity
Philip Carr
17
Decency at a Discount? English Studies, Communication, Mediation
Roger D. Sell
23



The Poetry of Medbh McGuckian


An Interview with Medbh McGuckian
Maria Jesus Lorenzo Modia
35
Medbh McGuckian: New Poems

44
Medbh McGuckian: The Angel in Two Parts
Borbala Farago
47



Articles


The Importance of Travel Writing
Tim Youngs
55
ELF at the Gate: The Position of English as a Lingua Franca
Jennifer Jenkins
63
English as Heritage: On the Rebranding of a Conventional Discipline
Charles Owen
70



Confernce Reports


19th Oxford Conference on the Teaching of Literature, April 2004

81
14th International Conference on Virginia Woolf, June 2004

82
13th Annual CDE Conference, June 2004

84



Book Reviews


Practical Phonetics and Phonology, by Beverley Collins and Inger M. Mees
Biljana Cubrovic
87
The Reformation, by Joseph Arrowsmith
Clara Calvo
89



Conferences and Journals

91



Editorial Note

95



ESSE Board Members

96

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