Acknowledgments

For the Davids, Collings and Sigler. Special thanks to David Collings for his patient, sensitive, wise notes. Thanks to Michael Kramp for first asking me to write a piece on Jane Austen and theory for his volume Jane Austen and Theory. Thanks to Rebecca Ariel Porte’s queer theory course at the Brooklyn Institute and all the members of said class. Thanks to Nara Roberta Silva and her classes at the Brooklyn Institute, all of which, although on other subjects, informed this book nonetheless. For the Jakes, Reeder and Leveton, for reading this and talking through it with me incessantly. Thanks to Francis Marion University for several grants to research and write the book. And to Chris Johnson for reading it and offering his wisdom. Thanks to my reading group, Kuan Lo, Gordon Bennett, and David Week, for reading the book so thoroughly and thoughtfully and offering suggestions. Thanks to Suzanne Barnett for all those long nights talking about Austen and everything else. Thanks to all of the trans scholars and activists whose work informs this book. I doubt I’ve done any of their, or anyone’s, work the justice it deserves. Finally, to Henry and Edmund, good little squishy squashies, and to Bunter and Tuey, good big giant monsters.