X Preface Department.I got more help than I could have expected from Jo Roberts,Brigitte Shull,and Ciara Vincent at Palgrave Macmillan, and from Rohini Krishnan at Newgen.Special thanks to Michael D. Bristol,for characteristically smart and helpful suggestions,to Marjorie Garson,who made every page of this book better,and to Lesley Wynne Pechter,who conceived and executed the cover illustration,and who made writing the book feel worthwhile.x Preface Department. I got more help than I could have expected from Jo Roberts, Brigitte Shull, and Ciara Vincent at Palgrave Macmillan, and from Rohini Krishnan at Newgen. Special thanks to Michael D. Bristol, for characteristically smart and helpful suggestions, to Marjorie Garson, who made every page of this book better, and to Lesley Wynne Pechter, who conceived and executed the cover illustration, and who made writing the book feel worthwhile