HEATHER WORTHINGTON lectures in the School of English, Philosophy and Communication at Cardiff University, UK, and is the author of The Rise of the Detective in Early Nineteenth-Century Popular Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).

• General Editors' Preface Introductory Essay Chronology Contexts: History, Politics, Culture Literature: Texts, Themes, Issues Criticism: Approaches, Theory, Practice Index.

HEATHER WORTHINGTON lectures in the School of English, Philosophy and Communication at Cardiff University, UK, and is the author of The Rise of the Detective in Early Nineteenth-Century Popular Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).

• General Editors' Preface Introductory Essay Chronology Contexts: History, Politics, Culture Literature: Texts, Themes, Issues Criticism: Approaches, Theory, Practice Index.

HEATHER WORTHINGTON lectures in the School of English, Philosophy and Communication at Cardiff University, UK, and is the author of The Rise of the Detective in Early Nineteenth-Century Popular Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).

• General Editors' Preface Introductory Essay Chronology Contexts: History, Politics, Culture Literature: Texts, Themes, Issues Criticism: Approaches, Theory, Practice Index.