AuthorJ. A. Cuddon was a renowned academic, essayist, novelist, playwright, and travel writer. He died in March 1996.EditorM. A. R. Habib, Professor of English, Rutgers University, Camden. His books include the highly acclaimed A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present (Blackwell, 2005), Modern Literary Criticism and Theory: A History (2008), Literary Criticism from Plato to the Present: An Introduction (2011), and the Cambridge History of Literary Criticism: Vol. VI: the Nineteenth Century (ed., 2012).Associate EditorsMatthew Birchwood, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Kingston University, LondonVedrana Velickovic, Lecturer in English Literature at the University of BrightonMartin Dines, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Kingston University, LondonShanyn Fiske, Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University, Camden.