Her publications include Chastity and Transgression in Women's Writing, 1792--1897: Interrupting the Harlot's Progress (Palgrave, 2002), which explores representations of sexual transgression and feminist activism in a range of nineteenth-century texts written by women. She has also edited Women and Romanticism, 1790--1830 (Routledge, 2006), a five volume collection of primary materials inclusive of pedagogical tracts, poetry, periodical essays, and novels. She is currently at work on a cultural biography of Amelia Opie (1769--1853), a poet, novelist and abolitionist.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />