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It is a pleasure to acknowledge those whose support has made this book possible.

UC Berkeley’s Comparative Literature Department was the ideal place to gather my thoughts about aesthetics and the ordinary. I was very fortunate to work with Michael Lucey, Ann Smock, and Barbara Spackman—wonderful advisors who supported this project from its earliest stages, and who helped me to think more rigorously and creatively about the topics that matter most to me. I also benefited from the guidance of Professors Anne-Lise François, Eric Naiman, David Miller, Rob Kaufman, Suzanne Guerlac, Karl Britto, Tim Hampton, and Vicky Kahn. And I was inspired by my brilliant fellow graduate students, too numerous to name here. I will mention only my dear friend Sarah Ann Wells, who generously read drafts of this project (along with nearly everything else I’ve written over the past several years) with a keen critical eye.

The project took new shape and direction during my time at the Princeton Society of Fellows. I am deeply grateful to Susan Stewart and Mary Harper, whose generosity, tact, and intelligence made this a dream fellowship. I also wish to express my gratitude to Carol Rigolot and Molly Greene, who helped me to find my way at Princeton. I was fortunate to be affiliated with the Princeton French Department, and wish to thank François Rigolot, André Benhaïm, Effie Rentzou, and Eliza Zingesser in particular for going out of their way to make me feel at home. In the Society of Fellows, I learned a great deal from all of my fellow postdoctoral and faculty fellows. I especially thank Ellen Lockhart, whose well-lit kitchen table became a favorite writing station, and whose friendship made the fellowship years more lively and hilarious. I was lucky to have met Dora Zhang during my time at Princeton; I am grateful to her for reading the manuscript and offering valuable suggestions. That this book exists at all is thanks to Anne Cheng, mentor extraordinaire, who stepped in at just the right moment to help me find a publisher.

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