The European English Messenger  - Volume VII, Issue 2, Autumn 1998



Cover: Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey; photograph by Martin A. Kayman


Contents
   
Editorial   2
     
Esse Matters    
President's Column: The Information Society Helmut Bonheim 4
ESSE/5   6
ESSE Bursaries   7
The New Seminar System at ESSE Catherine Belsey 8
News from the Board   10
Patricia Shaw: In Memoriam   11
     
Writing Literary History    
The Climates of Literary History: Past, Present, Future Jonathan Bate 12
Writing The Short Oxford History of English Literature Andrew Sanders  21
Writing The Routledge History of Literature in English Ronald Carter & John McRae 25
     
Articles, poems, and an interview    
A Tribute to E. P. Thompson Fred Inglis 28
Four Poems E. P. Thompson 29
Interview with Max Stafford-Clark Paulo Eduardo Carvalho 33
A Place for Children's Literature in English Studies Peter Hollindale 40
Grendelle: Beowulf's Dead Mother Christina Dokou 44
     
Revaluations    
F. R. Leavis Terry Eagleton 49
     
Reviews    
African-American English (with Checklist) John Holm 53
Bibliography on CD-Rom Margarita Chourova & Christo Stamenov 56
Make your own bibliography Martin A. Kayman 58
New Shadwell edition Aspasia Velissariou 60
New Writing Russell West 62
Publishing in Brief Robert Clark 64
     
Computing    
Computer Corner Adam Piette 66
Computers and New Technologies in Language Learning Dieter Wolff 69
     
Rejoinder    
The Role of Language Studies in Editing Shakespeare Andreas Fischer 72
     
Reports    
International Medieval Congress David Palliser 76
English Historical Linguistics Deborah Collier & Christina Lee 77
70 Years of Anglo-American Studies in Bulgaria Michael Hattaway 78
New Literatures in English Susanne Muhleisen 80
     
Centres, Projects & Queries   82
     
Listings    
Conference Announcements   86
Journals   92
ESSE Board Members   96

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