Acknowledgements

The editors would like to thank all contributors for their patience and understanding; the School of Languages, Cultures, and Societies at the University of Leeds for the granting of research leave and funding in support of this project; the Center for Language Education and Research at Sophia University in Tokyo for funding research travel; the Internationale Hermann Hesse Gesellschaft (Calw) and Michael Limberg, Editor of the Hermann Hesse Jahrbuch; the organisers of the Hermann Hesse Tage in Sils Maria, Switzerland; Dr Regina Bucher from the Hesse Museum in Montagnola; Professor Paul Cooke and the anonymous readers of this project for their constructive criticism; Dr Volker Michels, spiritus rector of all things Hesse; and, once again, Jim Walker, Editorial Director of Camden House, for his support and help far beyond the call of duty.