DINAH BIRCH Fellow and Tutor In English, Trinity College, Oxford LAUREL BRAKE Senior Lecturer in Literature, Birkbeck College, London RONALD BUSH Professor of American Literature, St John's College, Oxford TONI CERUTTI Professor of English, University of Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli IAN DUNCAN Professor of English, University of Oregon GIOVANNO LEONI Professor of History and Architecture, University of Barl, Italy STEFANIA MICHELUCCI Lecturer in English Studies, Instituto di Anglistica, Milan ANDREA PINOTTI Lecturer in Aesthetics, University of Milan MAX SAUNDERS Reader in English, King's College, London RICHARD L. STEIN Professor of English, University of Oregon LUISA VILLA Lecturer in English Literature, University of Genova, Italy