This book has been a few years in the making, and many persons have helped in the process. My thanks are owed to colleagues at the University of Durham, who read and commented upon individual chapters: Jonathan Long and Gerald Moore. Colleagues from other institutions engaged in fruitful discussions about the project: Hans-Richard Brittnacher, Lesley Chamberlain, John A. McCarthy, Timothy Mehigan, Nicolas Pethes, Helmut Pfotenhauer, Peter Sprengel. The writing of the project was aided by generous academic awards enabling precious study leave: from the Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University (a Christopherson-Knott Fellowship), from the School of Modern Languages & Cultures and the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Durham University (a sabbatical term), from the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach (more than one C.H. Beck Stipendium), from the Internationales Kolleg Morphomata of the Universität zu Köln (a Fellowship), from the British Academy (a Small Research Grant). Thanks too to Masja Horn and Christa Stevens. And thanks are owed last not least to Veronika, Katharina, and Lukas.
Nicholas Saul
Woolton, 25 August 2020