The Editors : Patsy Stoneman is an Emeritus Reader in English at the University of Hull (UK). Her publications include monographs entitled Elizabeth Gaskell (1987) and Brontë Transformations : the Cultural Dissemination of ‘Jane Eyre' and ‘Wuthering Heights' (1996), and numerous edited works on Gaskell and the Brontës. As convener of Hull University's M.A. in ‘Women and Literature in English', she co-ordinated Erasmus/Socrates exchanges with a network of European partners, and since 1999 has co-ordinated the British-Academy-funded ‘European Intertexts' project.
Ana María Sánchez-Arce received an M.A. in Women and Literature in English from the Univesity of Hull in 1998 and also in English Literature and North American Studies in 1999 from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. She teaches at the University of Reading (UK) and is currently finishing her doctoral thesis on authenticity in contemporary British literature at the University of Hull.