The turn of the screw : authoritative text, contexts, criticism

James, Henry, 1843-1916.

Book 1998

Presents the nineteenth-century short story in which a governess believes her two charges, ten-year-old Miles and eight-year-old Flora, are being haunted by the ghosts of former servants, and includes notes, a history of the novel, selections from James' letters and other writings, and critical essays.

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James, Henry, 1843-1916. Turn of the screw

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ISBN:

9780393959048
039395904X

Edition:

Second edition / edited by Deborah Esch and Jonathan Warren

Description:

xiii, 271 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-271)

Contents:

The text of The turn of the screw
Contexts
Criticism
Henry James: a chronology
Contents of "Criticism": Magic of evil and love
A masterpiece by Mr. Henry James
The story *** is distinctly repulsive
Academy portraits: Henry James / Henry Harland
Mr. James's new book
Henry James as a ghost raiser / Droch
On books at Christmas / John D. Barry
Two volumes from Henry James
The most hopelessly evil story
Psychic phenomena
Facts, or delusions / Oliver Elton
The "Iron Scot" stenographer / William Lyon Phelps
Henry James, and the ghostly / A.R. Orage
Henry James's ghosts / Virginia Woolf
A pre-Freudian reading of The turn of the screw / Harold C. Goddard
Henry James to the ruminant reader: The turn of the screw / Edna Kenton
The ambiguity of Henry James / Edmund Wilson
A radio symposium / Katherine Anne Porter, Allen Tate, Mark Van Doren
The Freudian reading of The turn of the screw / Robert B. Heilman
Her ghosts, her other selves, those parts of ourselves / R.P. Blackmur
The turn of the screw / Maurice Blanchot
Introduction to Tales of the supernatural / Leon Edel
The fantastic / Tzvetan Todorov
Henry James: madness and the risks of practice (turning the screw of interpretation) / Shoshana Felman
James: twists of the governess / Henry Sussman
Recognition: servant in the ending / Bruce Robbins
"Hanging fire": the primal scene of The turn of the screw / Ned Lukacher
History and epistemology: the example of The turn of the screw / Paul B. Armstrong
Henry James and the ghostly / T.J. Lustig

LCCN:

98031635

Control Number:

2750833

Other Authors:

Esch, Deborah, 1954-
Warren, Jonathan

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