(A)Wry Views: Anamorphosis, Cervantes, and the Early Picaresque

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments xv The Psyche of Feminism began to take shape while I was a graduate student of Comparative Literature at the State University of NewYork at Binghamton. I thank the professors there who patiently guided and challenged the development of my thinking: Chris Fynsk, Marilyn Gaddis Rose, Tom Keenan, and Steven David Ross. The work could not have been completed without the equally important, sustained encouragement and critique offered by Anne Berger of Cornell University, nor without the generous reading of an early version of a chapter by Joan Copjec of SUNY Buffalo. I wish to thank as well the University of New Hampshire for its support, especially Dean Marilyn Hoskin and the College of Liberal Arts, Provost David Hiley and the Office of the Provost, and the Humanities Program. The friends and colleagues who shared with me their criticism , conversation, and wit have my cheerful gratitude. I would like to thank, in particular, David Andrew, John Archer, Linda Belau, Rebecca Belfield, Donna and Warren Brown, Ed Cameron, Matt Cory, Bruce and Héloïse Fink, Pamela Genova, Robin Hackett, Brian Jacobs, Aurora Hermida Ruíz, Aida Hozic, Sean Kelly, Kiarina Kordela, Dragan Kujundzic, Mike Monti, Georgeann Murphy, Rosy Nimroodi, David Ost, Patti Palen, Max Pensky, Angelika Rauch-Rapaport, David and Susan Richman, Charlie Shepherdson, Connie Wortman, Emily Zakin, and Ewa Ziarek. In different ways, they each brought questions of the psyche home for me. My family, too, was a dependable source of support. Long before I began to think about this project my late father, Edward Metcalfe Peebles, had given me the loving gift of his confidence, which continues to sustain me. I also thank my mother, Ellen Moloney Peebles, and my siblings John, Mary Ellen, Ted, and Leslie. Most of all, I am fortunate to be able to thank Petar Ramadanovic, to whom this book and much else besides is dedicated. Acknowledgments xiii I would like to express my deepest appreciation to my mentor, Nicholas Spadaccini, as well as my partners in crime Bill Egginton, Brad Nelson, and the rest of the Minnesota connection , especially my dear brother Moisés. I would also like to thank everyone involved with PSRL, including Howard Mancing and the anonymous readers, who did an outstanding job of pointing out some of the weaknesses of an earlier version of the manuscript. Special thanks go to the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, the Humanities Center, and the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon for their financial support. On another level, I owe a huge debt of gratitude to my family and friends on both sides of the Atlantic for their love and support. My wife’s side of the family has been wonderful, giving me a sense of belonging in this foreign land. Finally, I want to thank my colleagues of three years at the University of Oregon, many of whom have become close friends, and especially my beloved wife, Stephanie, without whose patience this venture would have been impossible. ...