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Author Ann Patten

Ann Patten

Ann Patten is a Lecturer in Arts at the Dublin Business School. Previously, she taught British and American literature at Trinity College Dublin, from where she received her PhD. She is a former Associate Editor of the Edith Wharton Review.

Review: Dara Downey, American Women’s Ghost Stories in the Gilded Age

Ann Patten
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Downey, Dara. American Women's Ghost Stories in the Gilded Age. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. Critics of American gothic fiction often have noted something exceptional about U.S. horror.  A common position holds... Read More...
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