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Acknowledgments

The Demimonde in Japanese Literature would never have come into being without the support, input, generosity, and encouragement of a number of special people.

I would first like to thank Miryam Sas, Daniel O’Neill, and Eric Naiman at the University of California, Berkeley. Their incisive critiques of my work in its initial stages helped me immeasurably. I would also like to thank the professor who initially got me interested in time, space, and demimonde literature, through a class presentation on Nagai Kafû: Alan Tansman. Professor Tansman suffered through the first draft of my original work, which could not have been an easy task, and he has championed the book through to its completion.

At Cambria Press, I owe so much to Toni Tan, who was incredibly patient with this project and never faltered in her belief in it. I would also like to express my gratitude to the staff of Cambria Press, especially Nicole Ford, whose editorial assistance and general help were invaluable.