Radicals on the Road: The Politics of English Travel Writing in the 1930s

Acknowledgments

Name /V1921/V1921_FM 09/11/01 06:13AM Plate # 0-Composite pg 11 # 11 A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S I OW E A G R E A T debt of gratitude to Marianna Torgovnick, who essentially taught me the craft of writing and provided expert support and guidance during the early stage of this book. A special thanks also to Fredric Jameson, Michael Moses, Thomas Pfau, and Ian Baucom for their helpful criticisms of my project. At the University of Zurich, my work was energized by the astonishing intellectual presence of Peter Hughes, whom I would like to thank very much for his stimulating input during the reconceptualization stage of this study. I also want to thank Allen Reddick, who gave me the opportunity to address the Research Colloquium at the University of Zurich with my work-in-progress. Further, Raphael Newman has earned my gratitude and respect for his inestimable help in editing a draft manuscript of this work. During the final stage of manuscript preparation, Dennis Marshall, an excellent copy editor, showed a keen eye for argumentative coherence and offered stimulating feedback. Finally , I am indebted to Sandra Orsulic whose English translation of Serb texts enabled me to add the finishing touches to my treatment of Rebecca West. This book has been with me in Durham, North Carolina, in Zurich, Switzerland, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and in New York. During these peregrinations , I was always accompanied by my loving wife, Liang, and our daughter, Lyra, both of whom I want to thank most cordially for being such terrific traveling companions. • • • Name /V1921/V1921_FM 09/11/01 06:13AM Plate # 0-Composite pg 12 # 12 My thanks also go to two journals for permission to reprint material that previously appeared in their pages: ‘‘Graham Greene and the Politics of Travel,’’ Prose Studies 21, no. 1 (April 1998): 95–124, and ‘‘Ethiopia and Dystopia in Evelyn Waugh’s African Books,’’ Journal of African Travel Writing 7 (October 1999): 17–34. xii A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S Name /V1921/V1921_FM 09/11/01 06:13AM Plate # 0-Composite pg 13 # 13 R A D I C A L S O N T H E R O A D Name /V1921/V1921_FM 09/11/01 06:13AM Plate # 0-Composite pg 14 # 14 ...