About the Author

Roger Luckhurst is Professor in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Birkbeck College, University of London. Laurel Brake is Professor Emerita at Birkbeck College, University of London. Ed King recently retired as Head of Newspapers at the British Library. James Mussell is Lecturer in English at Birmingham University. Contributors: Laurel Brake, Alexis Easley, Roy Greenslade, Ed King, Roger Luckhurst, James Mussell, Deborah Mutch, John Nerone, Tony Nicholson, John Durham Peters, Simon Potter, Justin Sausman, Elizabeth Tilley.