Turn of the Screw

Name: Turn of the Screw
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ISBN: 9780393959048

ISBN-10: 039395904X

ISBN-13: 9780393959048

Edition: 2nd 1999

Authors: Henry James, Deborah Esch, Jonathan Warren, Joseph Warren, Jonathan Warren

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Description:

This volume presents the text of the New York Edition of James's classic 1898 short novel along with critical essays that readThe Turn of the Screwfrom contemporary reader-response, psychoanalytic, gender, and Marxist perspectives. An additional essay demonstrates how several critical perspectives can be combined. As in the first edition, the text and essays are complemented by biographical and critical introductions, bibliographies, and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms. Two of the six essays are new to the second edition, as is a selection of cultural documents and illustrations.

Book details

List price: $6.50
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/17/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.10" wide x 8.40" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English




The turn of the screw : the complete text in cultural context


Introduction : biographical and historical contexts


Cultural documents and illustrations


Photograph of Henry James and William James


Children and servants


It is the worst thing in the world to leave children with servants



The Victorian governess


The introduction



The occupation of governess is sought merely through necessity



Many were the daughters of clergymen



There is a strong prejudice against governesses



She is perfectly incompetent for her task



Our governess left us, dear brother



Apparitions and demonic possession


Illustration



Four illustrations



A sufficient number of clear and well-attested cases



Common-sense persists in recognizing ... a single natural group



The haunted house