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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Without the inspiration of the International Gothic Association and its conferences, this book would never have been written.

I am grateful to Manchester Metropolitan University for giving me a term’s relief from Head of Department duties and especially grateful to Berthold Schoene and Ann Holmes who saw the need and made it happen. Thank you to excellent colleagues Mike Bradshaw and Linnie Blake who looked after everything in my absence – and to all the members of the Department of English, without whom life would be much less interesting.

Andrew Smith and Benjamin Fisher, the general editors of this series, deserve a special mention. Special thanks too to Avril Horner, my long-time collaborator, who has been so supportive of this solo enterprise. Most of all, I am, as ever, indebted to my family – my three sons, James, Sam and Tom, and my husband, John – for more than I can say.

Finally, Patrick McGrath himself has taken a keen interest in the project and has been more than willing to answer my questions without attempting in any way to influence what I was writing. Thank you, Patrick.