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Acknowledgments This volume had as its origin a conference organized at Oregon State University and funded in large part by the Thomas Hart and Mary Jones Horning Endowment for the Humanities. While the volume has grown and shifted considerably since that first gathering, the excitement and sense of discovery that distinguished those early conversations have shaped and guided this collection. For their insights at the conference, we are grateful to all the participants but especially to those speakers whose work is not represented explicitly in this volume: Janice Radway, David Scott Kastan, and Eve Rachelle Sanders. Fredrika Teute provided invaluable help early on, identifying and linking scholars on both sides of the Atlantic. Anita Helle gave insights, leads, and cheer even in the midst of a volume of her own. Paul Gilje offered astute advice during the publication process. Robert and Mary Jo Nye, with their characteristic and enormous generosity, opened up the possibility of the conference itself. We also extend our thanks to Jerry Singerman and Erica Ginsburg at the University of Pennsylvania Press, who guided the project from inception through production, and Patricia Coates, whose careful editing improved the manuscript. Other critical support for this volume came from University of Oklahoma Vice President for Research Lee Williams and from the Oregon State University Center for the Humanities. We are grateful to our home institutions for material support and to the many archives and research centers from which we jointly carried on the work of the volume. Heidi first explored transatlantic interdisciplinarity with Steve Hackel, whose expertise, generosity, and love have undergirded this project. Rich Hamerla offered Cathy endless good humor and more than a few reality checks; he also gave the volume its last and best name. If scholarly debts are a pleasure to acknowledge, our dedication of this volume speaks to the tragedy and loss that can also accompany a long project. We dedicate this volume to the memory of one of our fellows in this project, Sasha Roberts, and to the joy with which she embraced scholarship, friendship, and life. ...

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