Crafting the Female Subject: Narrative Innovation in the Short Fiction of Emilia Pardo Bazán

Acknowledgments

[ix] Acknowledgments No work is ever completed in a vacuum and for this reason there are many to whom I am indebted for their time, expertise, and support, moral and other. Maryellen Bieder not only read evolving drafts of the manuscript and offered invaluable criticism, but has also exemplified what it truly means to be a scholar, mentor, and friend. Edward Friedman, James Mandrell, Kathleen Myers, Harriet Turner, Mary Jo Weaver, Chad Wright, and Frances Wyers have been stellar role models and insightful critics of my work over the years. Christian Abello Contesse and Mercedes Torres Cansino provided indispensable counsel as well as generous hospitality while researching in Spain. I am grateful to the editors of Letras Peninsulares for their permission to republish part of an article that is now incorporated into chapter 2. David McGonagle and the considerate, efficient staff at the Catholic University of America Press have facilitated the publication process with consummate professionalism. Funding from the University of Delaware, in the form of a General University Research Grant, allowed me to complete the final research for this project, and I am grateful, as well, to Richard Zip- [x] Acknowledgments ser, my Chair, for his unwavering support. Annette Giesecke, Laura Salsini, and Cynthia Schmidt-Cruz have been steadfast colleagues and friends without whom the seemingly endless production of this book would not have been half as enjoyable. Ellen Lebowitz and Tom Palmer provided companionship, respite, and mirth, as well as the occasional latke, enchilada, corned beef, and glögg. My siblings gave me their unconditional endorsement and a healthy perspective on priorities. My children, Sarah and Matthew, were ever present with their encouragement, humor, wisdom, and love. My husband, James Brophy, tirelessly saw me through it all as editor, cook, counselor , chauffeur, father, partner, and friend. Crafting the Female Subject ...