About the Author

Karl Beckson received his Ph.D. from Columbia and is Professor of English at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. Among the many works to his credit, he has edited Great Theories in Literary Criticism and is the author of Henry Harland: His Life and Work and Arthur Symons: A Life. He has also written a variety of articles on such figures as Wilde, Joyce, Yeats, Aubrey Beardsley, and Arthur Symon.

Arthur Ganz, who received his Ph.D. from Columbia and has taught there as a Visiting Professor, is now Professor of English at the City College of the City University of New York. The author of Realms of the Self: Variations on a Theme in Modern Drama and George Bernard Shaw, he has edited Harold Pinter: A Collection of Critical Essays and written many articles on Checkov, Synge, Giraudoux, and other modern playwrights. A recent study on Salome, Lulu, and Pell�as et M�lisande appeared in Opera Quarterly.