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Peter D. Mathews is Professor of English Literature at the University of Macau. 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.

His next book, currently under review, is about the work of the Australian author Rodney Hall, two-time winner of the Miles Franklin Award.

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	Lacan the Charlatan (The Palgrave Lacan Series) 4.17 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reading Chuck Palahniuk: American Monsters and Literary Mayhem by Cynthia Kuhn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lance Rubin (Editor), Peter D. Mathews (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.61 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2009 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Critical Insights: Pride and Prejudice really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	English Magic and Imperial Madness: The Anti-Colonial Politics of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Poet to Novelist: The Orphic Journey of John A. Scott (Australian Literature Series) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spectacles of Blood: A Study of Masculinity and Violence in Postcolonial Films by Swaralipi Nandi & Esha Chatterjee, Esha Chatterjee (Editor), Peter D. Mathews (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Approximate Life : The Prince and Other Stories by Tim Richards, Peter D. Mathews (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iris Murdoch and the Literary Imagination by Miles Leeson (Editor), Frances White (Editor), Peter D. Mathews (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature by Nathanael O'Reilly (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Peter D. Mathews (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Short Story Criticism: A.S. Byatt (Short Story Criticism #313) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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