Joseph Wiesenfarth is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has written extensively on Ford Madox Ford and the English novel, including books on Jane Austen, George Eliot, and Henry James. He has lectured widely in the United States, Europe and Australia. His book Gothic Mannners and the Classic English Novel (University of Wisconsin Press, 1988) includes a chapter on Parade's End as the culmination of a classic tradition in English fiction. He was a guest editor of Ford Madox Ford and the Arts for Contemporary Literature 30:2 (Summer 1989) and editor of History and Representation in Ford Madox Ford's Writings (Rodopi 2004), volume 3 of International Ford Madox Ford Studies. His most recent book is Ford Madox Ford and the Regiment of Women: Violet Hunt, Jean Rhys, Stella Bowen, and Janice Biala (University of Wisconsin Press 2005).