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

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Author:

James, Henry, 1843-1916.

ISBN:

9780393959048

Personal Author:

James, Henry, 1843-1916.

Edition:

2nd ed. / edited by Deborah Esch and Jonathan Warren.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

xiii, 271 pages ; 21 cm.

Series:

A Norton critical edition

Norton critical edition.

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.

Abstract:

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.

Personal Subject:

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

Subject Term:

Governesses -- Fiction.

Governesses in literature.

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Summary

Contexts includes twenty-six selections, from James's letters, notebooks, and other writings during the period 1863-1908, centering on the ghost story, the supernatural and, in particular, "my little book," The Turn of the Screw. Also reproduced are four paintings by Charles Demuth. The essays in Criticism span one hundred years, providing a rich array of perspectives on James and his story. Representing contemporary reactions are pieces by Henry Harland, John D. Barry, Oliver Elton, William Lyon Phelps, and Virginia Woolf. The section also includes landmark criticism by Harold Goddard, Edna Kenton, Edmund Wilson, Katherine Anne Porter, Robert B. Heilman, R. P. Blackmur, Maurice Blanchot, and Leon Edel. Recent, fresh approaches to James's work are presented by Tzvetan Todorov, Shoshana Felman, Henry Sussman, Bruce Robbins, Ned Lukacher, Paul B. Armstrong, and T. J. Lustig. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are included.