Review Reports

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The author's work can be polished further by eliminating the usage of lingua crutches such as phrase that seeming 'introduce' the writing of the author. "I would like to": 3:140 (page:line or lines); 6:261-262; 7:324; 7:360-361;  4:149, "I would argue". Please rewrite avoiding announcements of what you are doing... simply write the argument(s) down in small chunks.

Author Response

Reviewer 1 commented on phrases where I announced what I was about to do in the essay. I edited out instances of this phrasing in the manuscript, re-working a couple paragraphs where such language was concentrated,

Reviewer 2 Report

Author needs to supply more accurate footnotes to exact pages references. 

Vague references like " pp.16-20 " not acceptable. 

Author Response

Reviewer 2 commented on references where the page range was too wide. I changed several references to give specific pages and page ranges, except in a few cases where the reference was clearly to the theme of a full work