Shelley, Dante, and Romantic Irony By John B. Padgett Table of Contents    Works Cited
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Acknowledgments

First thanks must go to my cousin Joseph DeLoach, whose constant nagging led me to pick up my first copy of Dante's Comedy. Also warmest thanks must go to my parents, John and Eliza Padgett, whose patience, support, and impeccable understanding allowed me to write this thesis.

My thesis director, Fred Shilstone, played a major role in this study, both in his initial direction in a Byron-Shelley seminar and in subsequent meetings as I tried to figure out how best to approach the compelling yet puzzling mixture of praise and criticism that constitutes romantic irony. The other members of my committee, Hallman Bryant and Frank Day, likewise assisted greatly in this undertaking, showing me places where I had strayed from the straight path and gently leading me back in the proper direction.

For all their guidance, both with the mechanics of the written text and with the implications that lay therein, I wish to express my sincerest appreciation.

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