Carlo Martinez is Professor of American Literature, Università; "G. d'Annunzio", Chieti-Pescara, Italy. He got his doctorate in American Studies from University of Roma III (1998) and a Fulbrighter scholarship as PhD student, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA (1995/96). At the Università di Chieti-Pescara he was the Rector's delegate to international relations and development cooperation (2014-2018), coordinator of the doctoral program in "Languages, Literatures, and Cultures in Contact". Since 2018 he is Head of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Modern Cultures, and a member of the Academic Senate. As coordinator of the doctoral program he obtained a PON scholarship (2017) and, together with the colleague prof. Michele Sisto, he successfully applied for a fixed term position of researcher in American literature funded by the EU (PON-AIM 2019-2021). He was AISNA Secretary (2010-2013); a member of the IASA (International American Studies Association) executive council (2015-2018); member of ASN evaluating committee (2019-2021). His research interests focus mostly on 19th century American literature, tourism and literature, journalism and literature in antebellum America. He is member of the editorial board of Ácoma. Rivista internazionale di studi nordamericani, and of the book series "Il Segno e le Lettere", LED edizioni, Milano. He wrote a book on Henry James' Prefaces and one on Edgar Allan Poe. He also translated and edited a collection of Poe's tales. His articles and essays have appeared in a number of Italian, American and English journals and books, among which The Edgar Allan Poe Review, Arizona Quarterly, Review of International American Studies, and RSAJournal.