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Acknowledgements
This thesis was funded in part by the British Academy. I am grateful to them and to
Gwladys Cook and Nick Bridgmont who provided additional financial assistance.
I owe special thanks to Daniel Pick and Comelia Cook for their expert
supervision and for their unstinting encouragement and support. Sarah Waters also
supervised the early stages of the thesis, and read a final draft. Her help and advice
were invaluable. Gareth Stedman Jones and Katharina Rowild read parts of the
thesis, and Nick Bridgmont, Anna Davin and Sadie Wearing read the whole thing; I
am extremely grateful for their insights and comments. Discussions with Laurel
Brake, Christopher Breward, Lesley Hall, Lynda Nead, Miles Ogborn, and members
of the QMW postgraduate critical theory reading group all proved very helpful.
The librarians and staff at the Bodleian Library, British Library, Colindale
Newspaper Library, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (especially Pat Fox),
London Library, London Metropolitan Archive, and Weilcome Institute all smoothed
the research process. Ed Maggs at Maggs & Co. Booksellers allowed me extensive
access to George Ives's scrapbooks before they were sold to the Beinecke Library.
Finally, I have been very fortunate to have the support of Gwladys Cook, John
Daniel, Amber Jacobs, Madeline Joinson, Allegra Madgwick, Matthew Weait and
Sadie Wearing. Nick Bridgmont has been there for me throughout.