This introduction is an orientation to Richard Kitzler’ s previously unpublished writings; it will be your guide. It will direct you to the development and shape of Richard’s concerns, much as the lines of longitude and latitude might organize a traveler’s journey. This introduction will also give you conceptual “toe-holds” so your journey on the cliff of Richard’s sometimes merciless prose might be less “perilous.”
Along with the personal reflections of his friends and colleagues interspersed in this volume, this introduction will also tty to personalize this eccentric genius. We who have known him during these last decades know him as a friend and inspired teacher. Perhaps this will come across to you.
