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The Turn of the Screw: Complete, Authoritative Text with Biographical and Historical Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Five Contemporary ... 1 (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) - Softcover

 
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Synopsis

A critical edition of Henry James's classic novella, this volume reprints the complete text together with five specially prepared essays which approach the work from a variety of contemporary critical perspectives.

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Review

Much imitated ... but no one comes near the finesse of the master (The Times)

Timelessly unsettling (Guardian)

About the Author

<p align=""justify""> <span lang=""EN""><strong>Henry James</strong><font color=""#000000""><font face=""WarnockPro-Regular"" sie=""1""><font face=""WarnockPro-Regular"" sie=""1""><strong> </strong>(1843-1916), American novelist and critic, was an innovator in technique and a distinctive prose stylist. More than any previous writer, James refined the technique of narrating a novel from the point of view of a character, thereby laying the foundations of modern stream-of-consciousness fiction. Among his many acclaimed novels are </font></font><i><font face=""WarnockPro-It"" sie=""1""><font face=""WarnockPro-It"" sie=""1"">The Portrait of a Lady, The Ambassadors, The Golden Bowl, </font></font></i></font><b><font face=""WarnockPro-Regular"" sie=""1""><font face=""WarnockPro-Regular"" sie=""1""><font color=""#000000"">and </font></font></font></b><i><font face=""WarnockPro-It"" sie=""1""><font face=""WarnockPro-It"" sie=""1""><font color=""#000000"">The Wings of the Dove.</font></font></font></i><b><font face=""WarnockPro-Regular"" sie=""1""><font face=""WarnockPro-Regular"" sie=""1""><font color=""#000000"">.</font></font></font></b></span></p>

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