Elizabeth Amann is Professor in the Department of Literary Studies at Ghent University, Belgium. She is the author of Importing Madame Bovary: The Politics of Adultery (Palgrave, 2006).
Michael Boyden is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) of American literature at the English Department. He is the author of Introduction to Special Issue The New Natural History. Early American literature, University of North Carolina Press (2019), Salt and Slavery in Crevecoeur, Early American literature, University of North Carolina Press, The Myths That Made America: An Introduction to American Studies, De Gruyter.