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England is an old country, more deeply conditioned by its past than perhaps any of us realise. It is also a varied country, particularly in relation to its size; this fact, too, has left its imprint on our past. Antiquity and diversity are the hallmarks of English landscape and society, with evidences of the logic of history evident everywhere we look. In this collection of essays Alan Everitt looks at the interconnections between landscape and community, demonstrating how places, localities, counties and regions all shed light on English society and history as a whole. Covering topics such as

The history of celebrity has been revised in recent years. Particular claims have been made for the invention of a recognizably modern form of celebrity at various points in the 'long 18th century.' This putative rise of modern celebrity has been linked with the rise of a modern public sphere and in many ways is understood as an offshoot of it. Furthermore, modern celebrity is often presented as a commercial enterprise and perhaps another aspect of the equally popular claim that the 18th century witnessed a 'consumer revolution.' This essay argues that there is also a political history of celebrity that has its origins in traditional forms of charisma and public devotion to famous figures. The pre-modern histories of monarchy and sainthood are not irrelevant to the history of modern celebrity and these perspectives can and should be incorporated into any understanding of how celebrity emerged as a form of public notoriety and influence in the long 18th century.

Wer eine Reise nach England plant, bekommt mit diesem Ratgeber überreiche Informationen. Die Autorin, gebürtige Engländerin, die heute in Hamburg lebt (zuletzt ein "Wörterbuch" zum Thema "Katze", ID-G 23/11), sprudelt über vor Insiderwissen, skurrilen Geschichten über das Inselvolk und Warnungen darüber, was man in englischer Gesellschaft auf keinen Fall sagen oder tun sollte. Manchmal kann man sich nicht sicher sein, ob das wirklich alles ernst gemeint ist. Egal - auch wenn einiges vielleicht überzogen dargestellt ist, die 17 Kapitel zu Sprache, Kommunikation, Humor, Mode, Essen, Liebesleben u.v.m. der Engländer bieten auf jeden Fall sehr kurzweilige Unterhaltung. Interessant sind auch die "Vokabellisten", die einigen Kapiteln hinzugefügt sind und die Wörter enthalten, die man nicht unbedingt in einem Wörterbuch findet. Weitere Titel zum Thema: C. Roy (BA 8/05), H. Ehling (BA 12/09), M. Pohl (BA 7/10). (2)

"This interdisciplinary collection is a first step in the process of dismantling the imperial and unionist dominance of the discipline of English Literature and building a literary history and national literature of England. The collection brings together some of the best known and most incisive commentators on England, Englishness and English Literature from political and literary fields in order to rethink the relationship between Britain, England and English literary culture. It is premised on the importance of devolution, the uncertainty of the British Union, the place of English Literature within the Union, and the need for England to become a self-determining literary nation. The collection comprises fifteen essays, organised into four parts, moving from political discussions of the form of a devolved or independent England, through a consideration of England in canonical and contemporary literature, to an exploration of the role of the national in English Literature's disciplinary logic"--