Issue IX/1 – Spring 2000

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Cover: from a map by Fernão Vaz Dourado, 1571

 

Contents

ESSE Matters

Editorial
Martin A. Kayman
2
President’s Column: European Scholarship – The Dimmer View
Helmut Bonheim
3
Secretary’s Letter
Graham D. Caie
5

In Memoriam

Antony Easthope
John Drakakis
6
Roger Fowler
Enrique Alcaraz
8

African Literatures and Others

Issues in African Literary Criticism
 Mpalive-Hangson Msiska
9
Notes on Interdisciplinarity and African Literature
Ato Quayson
20
Teaching Postcolonial English Literatures in Germany
Barbara Korte
25
 Redefining Literary Histories: The Case of South Africa
Zbigniew Bialas
30

Articles

Euro-English: Educational Standards in a Cross-Cultural Context
Marko Modiano
33
Good to Talk? The Cultural Politics of `Communication’
Deborah Cameron
38
Literature and the Training of Translators and Interpreters
Sashka Hristova
43
Picture This: Postcards from Toulouse
Christopher Jon Delogu
47

Reviews

A New World?
Amrita Bhalla
52
Bridging a Gap
Jean-Jacques Lecercle
55
Travelling in Spain
Andrew Hadfield
56
A Bequest
Jürgen Schlaeger
57

Computer Corner

Adam Piette & Martin A. Kayman
60

Centres & Projects

62

ENBAS: Declaration of Principles & Call for Papers

64

Reports

The Present State of Shakespeare Studies
 Neil Forsyth
67
Three Centuries of Shakespeare in Europe
Werner Brönnimann
71
MAVEN 2
Thomas Lavelle
73
ESSE5-2000 Programme
75

Listings

Conference Announcements
80
Journals
89
ESSE Board Members
96