GINA WISKER is Director of Learning and Teaching Development, and MA Women's Studies Co-ordinator at Anglia Polytechnic University, UK, where she also teaches English. She is author of a number of books and articles including The Postgraduate Research Handbook, and is co-editor and committee chair of the SEDA journal Innovations in Education and Teaching International.

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

GINA WISKER is Director of Learning and Teaching Development, and MA Women's Studies Co-ordinator at Anglia Polytechnic University, UK, where she also teaches English. She is author of a number of books and articles including The Postgraduate Research Handbook, and is co-editor and committee chair of the SEDA journal Innovations in Education and Teaching International.

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

GINA WISKER is Director of Learning and Teaching Development, and MA Women's Studies Co-ordinator at Anglia Polytechnic University, UK, where she also teaches English. She is author of a number of books and articles including The Postgraduate Research Handbook, and is co-editor and committee chair of the SEDA journal Innovations in Education and Teaching International.

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