xiv|Acknowledgments
include Rebecca Tolen and Mollie Ables, as well as the copy editors and others
involved in this book’s production.
Most importantly, we extend special gratitude to four remarkable and ac-
complished scholars who sacrificed a great deal of their time to help shepherd
this project to completion. We thank Virginia Aksan, Linda Darling, Leslie
Peirce, and Amy Singer for kindly offering and generously giving us an enor-
mous amount of their time and expertise. Their assistance and advice in guid-
ing us through the various pitfalls and intricacies that an edited volume entails
made a huge difference in conceptualizing, organizing, and seeing this project to
completion.