Peter D. Mathews is a tenured Professor of English Literature at Hanyang University in Seoul, South Korea. His research focuses mainly on modern and contemporary British fiction, Australian literature, and literary theory. He is the author of Lacan the Charlatan, published in the Palgrave Lacan Series in 2020, English Magic and Imperial Madness, published by McFarland & Co in 2021, and From Poet to Novelist: The Orphic Journey of John A. Scott in the Cambria Australian Literature Series in 2022. He is currently writing a book about the work of the Australian author Rodney Hall, two-time winner of the Miles Franklin Award.