Eleanor Dobson is Lecturer in Nineteenth Century Literature at the University of Birmingham. Her most recent publications include Dobson, E 2019, ''The most magical of mirrors': Oscar Wilde, photography, and cultures of spiritualism', English Literature in Transition 1880-1920, Dobson, E & Banks, G 2018, Excavating Modernity: Physical, Temporal and Psychological Strata in Literature, 1900-1930. in E Dobson & G Banks (eds), Excavating Modernity: Physical, Temporal and Psychological Strata in Literature, 1900-1930. Routledge, and 'A Tomb with a View: Supernatural Experiences in the Late Nineteenth Century's Egyptian Hotels, ' in M Elbert & S Schmid (eds), Anglo-American Travelers and the Hotel Experience in Nineteenth Century Literature: Nation, Hospitality, Travel Writing. Routledge, pp. 89-105.