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the Trans-Atlantic Nineteenth-Century Women's Genre Fiction digital text project that shaped much of chapter 3.
I appreciate the help and friendship of departmental staff at Emory University and Lander University, particularly Melanie Tipnis and Susan McIntyre, and owe much to the librarians at the Robert L. Woodruff and Larry A. Jackson Libraries at those two institutions.
A number of colleagues contributed to the ideas presented here: Katy Crowther, Laura Otis, Melissa Maday, Kerry Higgins-Wendt, Chris Vilmar, Marc Muneal, Erin Sells, Jenny Brady, Caitlin Stewart, Jason Jones, Mary Behrman, Gitanjali Shahani, Irene Middleton, Virginia Dumont-Poston, and Lloyd Willis all provided suggestions and insight.
Finally, my friends and family carry me through every challenge.