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“If Grace Kelly’s pristine white bridal gown signified the Irish American fairy tale, then its Gothic inverse is the First Lady’s white leather gloves, so stiff with her husband’s dried blood in the wake of his assassination that she had to be assisted in their removal.”
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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― As You Like It
― As You Like It
“History is Gothic in the narratives of Irish America because the undead Irish past replays within America's contexts of race.”
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