EDITORIAL BOARD Editor in ChiefDavid Scott Kastan, Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities and Chair of the Department of English and Comparative Literature,Columbia University Senior EditorsNancy B. Armstrong, Department of English,Brown UniversityKevin J. H. Dettmar, Department of English,Southern Illinois UniversityAndrew D. Hadfield, Department of English,University of SussexGail McMurray Gibson, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Humanities,Davidson CollegeJennifer Wicke, Department of English,University of Virginia

The editors of this five-volume encyclopedia chose a lofty aim: to provide readers with a history of British literature in English. They have surpassed that goal with this fine work.

EDITORIAL BOARD Editor in ChiefDavid Scott Kastan, Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities and Chair of the Department of English and Comparative Literature,Columbia University Senior EditorsNancy B. Armstrong, Department of English,Brown UniversityKevin J. H. Dettmar, Department of English,Southern Illinois UniversityAndrew D. Hadfield, Department of English,University of SussexGail McMurray Gibson, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Humanities,Davidson CollegeJennifer Wicke, Department of English,University of Virginia

The editors of this five-volume encyclopedia chose a lofty aim: to provide readers with a history of British literature in English. They have surpassed that goal with this fine work.

EDITORIAL BOARD Editor in ChiefDavid Scott Kastan, Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities and Chair of the Department of English and Comparative Literature,Columbia University Senior EditorsNancy B. Armstrong, Department of English,Brown UniversityKevin J. H. Dettmar, Department of English,Southern Illinois UniversityAndrew D. Hadfield, Department of English,University of SussexGail McMurray Gibson, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Humanities,Davidson CollegeJennifer Wicke, Department of English,University of Virginia

The editors of this five-volume encyclopedia chose a lofty aim: to provide readers with a history of British literature in English. They have surpassed that goal with this fine work.