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For the second edition, I want to acknowledge the dedication and generosity of all the colleagues who, despite the disruption, hardships, and turmoil brought about by the pandemic of 2020, not only agreed to write for this Companion but sent a set of brilliant, insightful, and intensely researched essays. The Companion has not only been updated but it has gained gravity as scholars writing in the awareness of this fateful year, the deep transformational forces at play that the pandemic has brought to the fore, implicitly reflect on the meaning of this broad, pervasive, and irreversible change.

I need to thank all graduate and undergraduate students who over the years—long after graduation—have worked with me in the most stimulating, singular, and long-lasting scholarly dialogue. The youngest among them is Mariangela Ugarelli who has also assisted with the preparation of the manuscript for this second edition. Knowing that she could handle the Excel page has been a great comfort in dealing with the logistics of the project.

And of course, I once again acknowledge deeply the companionship, patience, and curiosity of Peter Klaren, who although not a literary scholar has read every draft in order to offer his critical appraisal and act in the place of the ideal reader of this Companion.