Synopses & Reviews
Henry James's ghost story novella, The Turn of the Screw (1898) is a key gothic text and is one of the most popular James texts for undergraduate study.
This is the ideal guide to the text, setting The Turn of the Screw in its historical, intellectual and cultural contexts, offering analyses of its themes, style and structure, providing exemplary close readings, presenting an up-to-date account of its critical reception and examining its afterlife in literature, film and popular culture. It includes points for discussion, suggestions for further study and an annotated guide to relevant reading.
Synopsis
A concise, authoritative but very readable guide to The Turn of the Screw, offering students a guide to contexts, language, criticism and reading the text.
Table of Contents
1. Contexts 2. Language, Style and Form 3. Reading
The Turn of the Screw4. Critical Reception and Publishing History 5. Adaptation, interpretation and influence 6. Guide to Further Reading Index