Françoise Besson is Professor of English Literature at the University of Toulouse (UTM, CAS). Her research focuses on the relationship between landscape and writing in English, Native American and Canadian literature. Her books include Le Paysage pyrénéen dans la littérature de voyage et l'iconographie britanniques du dix-neuvième siècle (2000) and Pyrénées romanesques Pyrénées poétiques dans le regard britannique: XIXème siècle (2000). She is also the author of several collections of poems, tales and short stories.
