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James's The Turn of the Screw: A Readers Guide - Softcover

Book 11 of 25: Reader's Guides

Orr, Leonard

 
9780826424327: James's The Turn of the Screw: A Readers Guide

Synopsis

Henry James's ghost story novella, The Turn of the Screw </I>(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 </I>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.

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About the Author

Leonard Orr is Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Washington State University Vancouver, USA. His many previous publications include A Dictionary of Critical Theory and (as co-editor) A Joseph Conrad Companion.

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