EDITORS

TIMOTHY MINCHIN, School of History and European Studies, La Trobe University, Melbourne
JAN PILDITCH, Department of English, University of Waikato, Hamilton

EDITORIAL BOARD

CLARE CORBOULD, Review Editor, (History), Department of History, University of Sydney, Sydney

BRIAN EDWARDS, Review Editor, (Literature and related disciplines), School of Literary and Communications Studies, Deakin University, Geelong Campus
STEPHEN ROBERTSON Review Editor, (History and related disciplines), Department of History, University of Sydney, Sydney
IAN GORDON, Department of History, National University of Singapore, Singapore
GEOFF LEALAND Screen and Media Studies, University of Waikato, Hamilton
HEATHER NEILSON, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, UNSW@ADFA, Canberra
PAUL TAILLON, Department of History, Auckland University, Auckland

Editorial correspondence should be addressed to: Timothy Minchin, School of History and European Studies, La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3086 or email: t.minchin@latrobe.edu.au or Jan Pilditch, Department of English, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand or email: <engl0252@waikato.ac.nz>

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