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Acknowledgments I have benefited from the generosity of so many teachers,colleagues,and friends as I have written this book.The incomparable Jayne Lewis has been a constant source of insight, inspiration, and wise counsel; her advice and good judgment have informed the project from its beginnings until its present form.Without the encouragement and limitless dedication of Margaret Wong, who brought me into the early modern period as an undergraduate,this book might not have been written. Debora Shuger has been an enthusiastic reader and a model of scholarly generosity from the beginning. Helen Deutsch pushed me to think in new ways, and continues to provide the gift of constant engagement. Max Novak’s illuminating energy has been infectious. Joyce Appleby helped me think like a historian. The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library provided an office and a fellowship.The Huntington Library and the University of California provided welcome fellowship support, and I am especially indebted toValerie Smith, who first brought me to UCLA. At Yale I have been fortunate in my colleagues, students, and friends. I’m grateful to Ruth Yeazell for her early confidence and to Langdon Hammer for his continuing support. Individual chapters benefited from the advice of Wai Chee Dimock, John Rogers, Claude Rawson, Larry Manley, Pericles Lewis, Catherine Labio, Amy Hungerford, Joseph Roach, Marshall Brown, Richard Kroll, Greg Chaplin, Elizabeth Dillon, and Joe Roach.All along the way, I have been fortunate to have the friendship and encouragement of Jennifer Baker, Jessica Brantley, Sanda Lwin, Blair Hoxby, Chris Miller, Marc Robinson, Julia xi Marciari-Alexander, Jonathan Holloway, Emily Bakemeier, Katie Trumpener, Steve Pincus,Greg Jackson,Lukas Erne,Thomas Fulton,Jim Kearney,Lars Larson, Maria Rosa Menocal, Robert Post, Jill Campbell, and David Brewer. Alice Wolfram provided outstanding research assistance.At Cornell University Press, John Ackerman’s enthusiasm for the project has been affirming,and I am grateful for his continued support. Teresa Jesionowski, Eric Schramm, and Susan Barnett helped shepherd this book through the production process with care and skill. Joyce Henderson provided an excellent index. I am grateful to David Ligare for permission to reprint his “Still Life with Polykleitian Head” as the cover illustration.A timely fellowship from the ACLS supported a crucial year of leave as I wrote the book, and I have benefited immensely from the chance to share this material with audiences atYale, UC Irvine, the Clark Library, and Indiana University.A grant from the Frederick Hilles Publication Fund of Yale University helped support the book’s publication, and a Macmillan Center Director ’s Award for Junior Faculty helped immeasurably with last-minute details. A portion of Chapter 5 appeared as “A Degenerate Race: English Barbarism in Behn’s Oroonoko and The Widow Ranter,” ELH 69, no. 3 (2002). But my greatest debts are to my family. My parents,Tom and GailVisconsi, and Charlie and Heather Cullen, have been unfailingly generous and always supportive. Henry, Charlotte, and now Eliza, my bringers of joy and mischief, remind me of what is most important. My wife, Maura, has been the ideal friend and partner since I met her; none of this would have happened without her extraordinary grace and love. E.V. New Haven, Connecticut xii Acknowledgments [54.225.1.66] Project MUSE (2024-03-19 11:27 GMT) Lines of Equity This page intentionally left blank. ...