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The PhD road is long and winding and cannot be travelled alone. Many people have contributed to this project in many different ways and I would like to thank all of them. My sincerest thanks go to

… my supervisor Prof. Dr. Caroline Lusin, without whom I would never have embarked on let alone finished this journey; thank you for all the support, the kind words of encouragement whenever I needed them, the perfect work environment at the University of Mannheim and all your time and energy. I’m very proud to have been part of this team!

… my parents Peter and Brigitte Gonnermann, my brother David Gonnermann and my family, who encouraged me to choose this path and who have supported me through all these years of study.

… Christian Christiani, for being there always.

… Laura Winter, for all the hours of discussions we had about the right path to finishing our respective PhD projects.

… Lisa Schwander, Sina Schuhmaier, Stefan Benz and Stefan Danter for being on this journey with me.

… my colleagues at the Department of English Literature at the University of Mannheim: Prof. Dr. Christine Schwanecke for agreeing to co-supervise my project and Dr. Stefan Glomb for the intellectual input. A big thank you also goes to Barbara Magin, Anika Conrad and Dr. Philip Griffiths for their help and support.

… my friends Lucy Thompson, Laura Winter, Anna Lobmüller, Lena Geugjes, Johanne Hintze and Jonas Hock for proofreading hundreds of pages.

… to all the research assistants (Hiwis) in the English department, Michèle Benker, Annika Röckle, Jasmin Schnell, Marnie Hensler, Ruxandra Teodorescu, Antonia Hahn, Lea Exner, Alisa Dörr, Corina Santacruz, Filiz Altinkilic and Hanna Hellmuth for all the hours they spent in front of the photocopying machine for me.

… the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD) for their support in the form of (research) scholarships.

… the Geschwister Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung für Geisteswissenschaften and the VG Wort.

… Franziska Oetinger from FENEBERG Design GmbH for the wonderful cover design.

… Claudia Brendel from the University of Mannheim for helping me with the official requirements for finishing a PhD.

… Kathrin Heyng and her colleagues from Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG for their support during the publication process.

… and Dr. Susanna Layh and Prof. Dr. Gregory Claeys for their support and guidance.