Laurence Talairach-Vielmas is a Professor of English at the University of Toulouse, France, specialising in the relationship between literature and science. She has written books o...view moreLaurence Talairach-Vielmas is a Professor of English at the University of Toulouse, France, specialising in the relationship between literature and science. She has written books on the moulding of the female body in Victorian fairy tales and the sensation fiction writer Wilkie Collins.view less