作者簡介
John Butler, born in England and educated there and in Canada, specialises in the intellectual history of the seventeenth century with a particular interest in travel writing. He has taught at universities in Nigeria, Canada and Japan, and has published several books on Renaissance and Seventeenth-Century Studies. He is currently an Associate Professor of Humanities at the University College of the North in The Pas, Canada, and is presently editing Sir Paul Rycaut's History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Sue Matheson, raised in northern Alberta, specializes in American literature, popular culture and film. She has taught at universities throughout Western Canada and has published in the areas of American film, American popular culture, Canadian literature, Children's literature, and detective fiction. Sue is currently an Associate Professor in the Area of Humanities at the University College of the North in The Pas, Canada, and is presently editing a volume of essays, Love in Western Film and Television, which will be released by Palgrave Press.