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.