Proust's Latin Americans

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments The publication of this book was made possible through a generous grant from Princeton University’s Committee for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Additional funds for translation were provided by the Program in Latin American Studies. I am deeply grateful to Leo Bersani, who read the manuscript and offered invaluable advice and suggestions, and to Doug Mao and Matthew R. McAdam, who accepted this book for the Hopkins Studies in Modernism series. Annette Becker, Serge Gruzinski, Philippe Gumplowicz, Elisabeth Ladenson, and Jean-Yves Tadié read previous versions of the book and generously shared their expertise on French literature. In the Paris archives, I received assistance from Pierre Vidal, director of the Opera library at the Palais Garnier. Xavier Mathieu provided images of La Gandara’s paintings from his family’s collection. Count Armand-Ghislain de Maigret allowed access to the Montesquiou family archives. Ralph Brauner shared his knowledge of the Montesquiou papers. In Argentina, María Tereza Carbonell provided access to Gabriel de Yturri’s correspondence. Fernando Acosta Rodríguez brokered the purchase of Yturri’s letters, now part of the Manuscripts Collection at Princeton’s Firestone Library. Back in Paris, Dominique Fernandez made available several unpublished letters from Reynaldo Hahn in his private collection. Susan Stewart helped me understand Wallace Stevens’s “The Idea of Order at Key West” in a new light. Dr. Reiner Speck and the Marcel Proust Gesellschaft in Cologne, Germany, allowed me to reproduce a Proust letter. In Brazil, Mario Sergio Conti, Proust’s Portuguese translator, shared his insights on Proust’s Brazilian doctor and the relevant bibliography. At Princeton, Michael Glassman assisted me with the preparation of the x Acknowledgments manuscript. Lorna Scott Fox translated passages from French with Proustian elegance. As always, Terence Gower gave me boundless moral support as I struggled with the ups and downs of a research project that led me to new fields. Since the beginning of my academic career, Marjorie Perloff has been a constant source of intellectual energy, fresh ideas, and collegial advice. I dedicate this book to her. ...