Anne-Pascale Pouey-Mounou is Professor of French language of the sixteenth century at Sorbonne University. She is the author of numerous publications on sixteenth-century poetry and Rabelais. Her publications include Panurge comme lard en pois. Paradoxe, scandale et propriété dans le Tiers Livre (2013).

Paul J. Smith is Professor of French Literature at Leiden University. He has published monographs, collective volumes and many articles on French Literature, including the co-edited volume Natural History in Early Modern France (2018).