Susanne Bayerlipp teaches English Literature at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. Her research focuses on the relation between material culture, literature, and affect theory. She is currently working on a book project on compulsive hoarding in contemporary literature and culture. In 2018, she co-edited a special issue of the peer-reviewed ZAA on Cultural Techniques of Literature. Ralf Haekel is Professor and Chair of English Literature at Leipzig University, Germany. His main research interests lie in the fields of Romanticism and Media Studies. His publications include The Soul in British Romanticism (2014), the Handbook of British Romanticism (De Gruyter, 2017), and British and Irish Television Series in the 21st Century (2019). Johannes Schlegel teaches English Literature and Cultural Studies at JMU Würzburg, Germany. His PhD thesis on the anthropology and mediality of evil in British Romanticism was awarded the international Novalis Prize in 2016. In 2018, he co-edited a special issue of the peer-reviewed ZAA on Cultural Techniques of Literature.