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

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"Based on the New York edition text, with history and notes. 'Contexts' includes twenty-six selections from James's letters, notebooks, and other writings centering on 'my little book,' the ghost story, and the supernatural. Four Charles Demuth paintings, inspired by Ja...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: James, Henry, 1843-1916 (Author)
Other Authors: Esch, Deborah, 1954- (Editor), Warren, Jonathan (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton, c1999.
Edition:2nd ed. /
Series:Norton critical edition
Subjects:
James, Henry, > 1843-1916. > Turn of the screw.
Governesses > Fiction.
Governesses in literature.
Children > Fiction.
England > Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Table of Contents:
  • [PART 1] The text of The turn of the screw
  • [PART 2] Contexts
  • James, the ghost story, and the supernatural
  • James on 'The turn of the screw'
  • Illustrations by Charles Demuth
  • Other possible sources for 'The turn of the screw'
  • [PART 3] 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.

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