Iulian CananauIulian Cananau is Senior Lecturer in American Literature at the University of Gävle, Sweden. He is a Fulbright alumnus (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 2007/2008) and holds a PhD in American literature from the University of Bucharest, Romana. His research interests lie in literary history, literary theory, conceptual history, and the teaching of literature in higher education. His latest book is Constituting Americanness. A History of the Concept and Its Representations in Antebellum American Literature (Wiley, 2015). Read More Read Less