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Acknowledgments
I must begin by thanking the contributors to this volume, who were very quick and professional in responding to suggested changes as well as very patient when final editing on my part took longer than I had forecast. I would also like to thank my research assistants, Zheng Jie and Michelle Wang, whose valuable assistance was all that kept publication from stretching on even longer than it did. Much thanks is also due to the Cambria editorial team who have been extremely quick and conscientious in every stage of the editorial, proofing, and publication process. I am also grateful to all of the wonderful teachers I have had over the years, especially Reed Dasenbrock and Tom Adler, each of whom have inspired and pushed and criticized my work so as to make it much better than it would have been otherwise. Playing a similar role of late is Neil Murphy, a friend and colleague in the English Division at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. I must also acknowledge Nanyang Technological University, whose generosity in providing