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Desert Islands and the Liquid Modern
Barney Samson
Desert Islands and the Liquid Modern
Barney Samson London, UK
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Acknowledgements
This project started life as a doctoral thesis at the University of Essex. I am deeply indebted to Jeffrey Geiger and Marina Warner for their thoughtful and incisive work as supervisors, which always prompted and encouraged me to productively rethink, reshape and rework. Without their expert advice and constructive criticism, this project would be immeasurably poorer. Among many other colleagues and friends, Peter Hulme, Jordan Savage and Tom Waters also provided insightful feedback and warm collegial support. I am extremely grateful to be part of the Island Poetics Research Group: I have spent many fruitful and happy hours discussing islands with my colleagues Daniel Graziadei, Britta Hartmann, Ian Kinane and Johannes Riquet, who have also been tirelessly supportive. Gábor Gergely has been a supremely generous and encouraging academic mentor through the BAFTSS Early Career Mentoring Scheme. I thank Ashwini Elango, Shukkanthy Siva, Emily Wood and Lina Aboujieb for their guidance and editorial assistance. Invaluable encouragement and assistance were provided by my family: David, Holly, Nicola, Peter and Richard. A huge thank you to Lou, without whose incredible practical and emotional support
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