Issue XVII/2 – Autumn 2008

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Cover design, and image manipulation: Kristian Stotesbury, Valkeakoski, Finland.
Images: Front Cover and Inside Front Cover “Getting a Head I & II” by John A Stotesbury; p. 3O “The ManU Stadium at Old Trafford” and p. 33 “Rajeshwar at the Roaches Lock Inn, Mossley, Lancashire” by Rajeshwar Mittapalli.


ESSE MATTERS

Fernando Galván, The ESSE President’s Column, p. 3
Editorial Note, Password, p. 6
ESSE Positions, p. 6
ESSE Bursaries for 2009, p. 7
ESSE Book Awards 2008, p. 8
ESSE 10 Conference, Torino, p. 9
European Journal of English Studies, p. 12
European English Studies vol. II, p. 15

Clare Brant, Dark Matter, Big Books and ESSE Prizes, p. 16

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TRAVELLERS WRITING

Ramón E. Romero, Silencing the Center(s) in American Travel Writing: From Washington Irving to Globe Trekker, p. 20

Rajeshwar Mittapalli, English July: An Indian Scholar’s Travelogue, p. 28

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POETRY

Antony Rowland,”Kwak”, p. 36

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ARTICLES

Megan Buckley,“Feeling that the Room Had No Walls”: Ecopoiesis and Moya Cannon’s Dwelling Spaces, p. 37

François Poirier, Comparing Cultures: Our Subtext, p. 43

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BOOK REVIEWS

Christina Dokou, Claudia F. Brühwiler, Roumen Genov, José Carlos Redondo-Olmedilla, Cristina Ceron, Marco de Waard, Martina Häcker, Yves Laberge, Greg Matthews, Angeles Ruiz Moneva, p. 63

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RESPONSE, REPORTS

Rüdiger Zimmermann, Aoife Leahy, Mark Berninger, Isabel Soares Santos, Jeff Thoss, p.83

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CALLS FOR PAPERS & ARTICLES, p. 92

ESSE BOARD MEMBERS: NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, p. 96