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This book was long in the making, even as it grew shorter with each incarnation. Perhaps that is a sign of progress. In any case, I offer my thanks and gratitude to those who helped me think these ideas through—both intellectually and emotionally—along the way: Paula Blank, Bruce Burgett, Julie Ellison, Leah Fry, Tresa Grauer, Maureen Fitzgerald, Tom Heacox, Sian Hunter, Bob Levine, Leisa Meyer, Deborah Morse, Elsa Nettels, Marianne Noble, Samuel Otter, Kristen Proehl, Suzanne Raitt, Karen Sánchez-Eppler, Milette Shamir, Jennifer Travis, and Margot Weiss. I appreciated the opportunity to present some version of this argument—chapters-in-the-making, as it were—to the kind and encouraging constituencies of the College of William and Mary, American University, the University of Maryland, and the University of Pennsylvania.
To my writing group—Melanie Dawson and Jenny Putzi—I do not have the words to express my thanks (though if I did, I'm sure you would correct them). Your unflagging and unerring critical attention and acumen are valued only slightly below the loving friendship I feel for and from you. That warm and engaging camara-derie is indicative of the College of William and Mary more generally and the Departments of English and American Studies in particular. I am glad, and honored, to have come among its faculty and to have found friends there.
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