Acknowledgements

This digital project grew out of my doctoral thesis at the University of Virginia. Its completion would not have possible without the help of many individuals.

First, my sincerest thanks go the Digital Scholars team at the Loyola-Notre Dame Library,especially Jennifer Kinnif and Clara Love, who met with me over the course of the project. Thanks for your support and expertise. Without you, the project would not look as nice as it does.

I am grateful to Andrew A. Anderson, who advised the original dissertation, for his invaluable suggestions and guidance throughout that long process. I would also like to thank the other members of my committee, María Inés Lagos, E. Michael Gerli, and Susan Fraiman, whose edits, comments, suggestions will have ensured the success of this project.

The compilation and cataloging of my primary sources has been a long and arduous process. It could not have been possible without the help, expertise, and dedication of Miguel Valladares-Llata, librarian for Romance Languages at the University of Virginia, who spent months with me—sometimes hours at a time—combing through online databases in search of these materials. I'm eternally grateful for his attention to detail, his vast knowledge, and for the many strings he pulled behind the scenes to get me the materials I needed.

I would also like to express my gratitude to the various organizations and departments who have helped fund my research. In particular, the University of Virginia’s Buckner W. Clay Endowment for the Humanities Research Grant for Doctoral Students, UVA’s Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese’s Charles Gordon Reid Summer Fellowship, and the ALDEEU’s Student Travel Grant all ensured a long and successful research stay in Spain during the summer of 2019. Likewise, Loyola University Maryland's Center for the Humanities Summer Grant for Affiliate Faculty funded further necessary research and digitization costs.

To those individuals who helped motivate me--family, friends, colleagues, the members of Loyola University's Junior Faculty Seminar, and the members of Loyola's Faculty Writing Retreat--I am enternally grateful for your support.