An accessible and wide-ranging consideration of concerns facing English Studies in its surrounding context of the university and society. The contributors to this volume seek to trace, in the face of current challenges, historical and contemporary debates surrounding English Studies.

Derek Attridge, University of York, UK Mildred Bjerke, University of York, UK Robert Eaglestone, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Niall Gildea, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Helena Goodwyn, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Megan Kitching, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Ben Knights, Teesside University, UK Stephen Longstaffe, University of Cumbria, UK Sowon S Park, University of Oxford, UK Helen Tyson, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Nigel Wood, Loughborough University, UK