JUDITH ALLEN Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, USA GILLIAN BEER King Edward VII Professor of English Literature, University of Cambridge, UK MELBA CUDDY-KEANE Professor of English, University of Toronto, Canada JANE GOLDMAN Reader in English Literature, University of Glasgow, UK CRAUFURD GOODWIN James B. Duke Professor of Economics, Duke University, USA MICHAEL PAYNE Professor of English Emeritus, Bucknell University, USA DREW PATRICK SHANNON Assistant Professor of English, College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA BRENDA R. SILVER Mary Brinsmead Wheelock Professor, Dartmouth College, USA KATHRYN SIMPSON Senior Lecturer in English, University of Birmingham, UK ANNA SNAITH Lecturer in English, King's College London, UK ELIZABETH WILLSON GORDON University of Alberta, Canada