Petru Golban holds a PhD in English and American literature from Al. I. Cuza University of Iasi, Romania. He currently teaches literary theory and English literature-related classes at Tekirdag Namik Kemal University, Turkey. He is also the author of some 70 critical studies, including 11 books, among which A History of the Bildungsroman: From Ancient Beginnings to Romanticism (2018) and Victorian Fiction as a Bildungsroman: Its Flourishing and Complexity (2019). His research concerns encompass particular aspects of English literature, comparative literary studies, and literary theory and criticism.