<p><b>Alfred Bendixen</b> teaches American literature at Princeton University, USA, and is the founder and Executive Director of the American Literature Association. His books include <i>The Cambridge History of American Poetry</i> (co-edited with Stephen Burt, 2014), <i>A Companion to the American Short Story</i> (co-edited with James Nagel, Wiley Blackwell, 2010), <i>Ihe Cambridge Companion to American Travel Writing</i> (co-edited with Judith Hamera, 2009), <i>Edith Wharton: New Critical Essays</i> (co-edited with Annette Zilversmit, 1992), <i>‘lhe Amber Gods and Other Stories by Harriet Prescott Spofford</i> (1989), an edition of the composite novel <i>The Whole Family</i> (1986), and <i>Haunted Women</i> (1985).