| There are many people I must thank for their contributions to this project, most notably my colleague Joe Golsan, whose idea this collaborative endeavor was. I am also grateful to the Modern and Classical Languages Department of Texas A&M University and its head, Steven Oberhelman, as well as to the administration of the university and its former students, for making possible a sabbatical year through the Faculty Development Program. This period of leave away from the classroom and from service and administration gave me the time needed to complete this project. Other support came from the Honors Program and the Women's Studies Program of Texas A&M University; their willingness to invest in scholarship is exemplary. I owe a great debt to those who read and commented on various drafts of my chapter, including Lynn Higgins, Pamela Matthews, Mary Ann O'Farrell, and Margaret Waller. Their suggestions for improvement were invaluable, though any errors or infelicities that remain are, of course, my own. Finally, thanks to all the contributors, without whom there would be no book. |
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| A number of friends and colleagues have been most helpful in offering advice and support throughout the life of this project, and I would like to thank them here. Rosemarie Scullion, Mary Jean Green, Robert Soucy, Larry Reynolds, and Jim Rosenheim all shared their expertise and critical acumen in reading drafts of the introduction and, on many occasions, offering encouragement as well. Special thanks are due Melanie Hawthorne, whose patience, care, and intellectual passion sustained the project from start to finish, and to Lynn Higgins, whose support, advice, and interest as always exemplify the finest virtues of this or any other profession. |
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