Research Catalog

Title

The turn of the screw : authoritative text, contexts, criticism / Henry James.

Author

James, Henry, 1843-1916.

Publication

New York : W.W. Norton, ©1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Esch, Deborah, 1954-
• Warren, Jonathan.

Description

xiii, 271 pages; 21 cm

Summary

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.

Series Statement

A Norton critical edition

Uniform Title

Norton critical edition.

Subjects

• Governesses
• England
• Ghost stories
• Governesses > Fiction
• Psychological fiction
• James, Henry, 1843-1916 > Turn of the screw
• Fiction
• Governesses in literature
• Children > Fiction
• Turn of the screw (James, Henry)
• England > Fiction

Genre/Form

• Ghost stories.
• Fiction.
• Psychological fiction.

Bibliography (note)

• 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.

Call Number

JFD 02-23151

ISBN

• 039395904X
• 9780393959048

LCCN

• 98031635
• 9780393959048

OCLC

40043490

Author

James, Henry, 1843-1916.

Title

The turn of the screw : authoritative text, contexts, criticism / Henry James.

Imprint

New York : W.W. Norton, ©1999.

Edition

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

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

A Norton critical edition

Norton critical edition.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-271).

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Table of contents

Added Author

Esch, Deborah, 1954-

Warren, Jonathan.

Other Standard Identifier

9780393959048

Research Call Number

JFD 02-23151