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David Lehner
David Lehner is the author of six novels as well as scholarly articles on philosophy and cognitive approaches to literary theory. He earned his PhD in English Literature from the City University of New York. His latest novel The Last Ride of Boone Clarke appeared October, 2024 from Defoe Books.

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That Ain’t No Ghost, Ma’am: Sexual Synonymy in Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw

David Lehner

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