James Chandler is the Barbara E. and Richard J. Franke Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature and chair of the Department of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including England in 1819: The Politics of Literary Culture and the Case of Romantic Historicism, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
Maureen N. McLane’s essays on poetry and contemporary culture have appeared in theChicago Tribune,The New York Times,The Washington Post, and other major venues. She teaches at New York University.