The Turn of the Screw: 0 (Norton Critical Editions) - Softcover

James, Henry; Esch, Deborah; Warren, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 039395904X ISBN 13: 9780393959048

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999

Synopsis

Contexts includes twenty-six selections, from James's letters, notebooks, and other writings during the period 1863-1908, centering on the ghost story, the supernatural and, in particular, "my little book," The Turn of the Screw. Also reproduced are four paintings by Charles Demuth. The essays in Criticism span one hundred years, providing a rich array of perspectives on James and his story. Representing contemporary reactions are pieces by Henry Harland, John D. Barry, Oliver Elton, William Lyon Phelps, and Virginia Woolf. The section also includes landmark criticism by Harold Goddard, Edna Kenton, Edmund Wilson, Katherine Anne Porter, Robert B. Heilman, R. P. Blackmur, Maurice Blanchot, and Leon Edel. Recent, fresh approaches to James's work are presented by Tzvetan Todorov, Shoshana Felman, Henry Sussman, Bruce Robbins, Ned Lukacher, Paul B. Armstrong, and T. J. Lustig. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are included.

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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>

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 039395904X
• ISBN 13: 9780393959048
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288