The Turn of the Screw (Second Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (749 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 039395904X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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The household staff don't know what she's talking about, the children are evasive when questioned, and the master of the house (the children's uncle) is absent. One of the guests tells about a governess at a country house plagued by supernatural visitors. Only the young governess can see the ghosts; only she suspects that the previous governess and her lover are controlling the two orphaned children (a girl and a boy) for some evil purpose. The story starts conventionally enough with friends sharing ghost stories 'round the fire on Christmas Eve. . Why does the young girl claim not to see a perfectly visible woman standing on the far side of the lake? Are the children being deceptive, or is the governess being paranoid? By leaving the questions unanswered, The Turn of Screw generates spine-tingling anxiety
Maggie said If you like stories such as "Jane Eyre" or "Little Women". If you like stories such as "Jane Eyre" or "Little Women"; you'll probably like this. I actually saw the movie "The Heiress" with Olivia deHaviland and Montgomery Cliff, and this is the story that movie is based on. It also was remade as "Washington Square" with Jennifer Jason Leigh and Ben Chaplan. It's the story of a poor rich girl in late 1800 New York. Shy and reclusive Catherine, her successful and demanding Father, and the "New kid in town" , Morris Townsend. Henry James weaved a fascinating tapestry of relationship dynamics. "Earnest young governess sees ghosts, nobody else does" according to Amazon Customer. Henry James writes contemporaneous with his time (1898). He is long-winded but still insightful. His brother was the famous American psychologist William James. Freudian analysis was fashionable in intellectual circles of the time. James moved easily through the elite circles of New York, Paris, and London, observing their attitudes and lifestyles. His story is about a new governess, interviewed in London by a rich, worldly, charming bachelor Master, to tutor his orphaned young nephew and niece at his country mansion. The 20-year . Linda Smith said I know most people say a book is better than a movie. I got the book "Washington Square" to compare it with the movie ending of it''s adaptation called "The Heiress", I was hoping for more in-depth detail into the heroine feelings especially at the end ,however I was surprised to find a different ending. I know most people say a book is better than a movie, but in this case I have to disagree, I liked the movie better because I enjoyed the dramatic irony of the ending . In many other ways the movie is faithful to the book which is of course an excellent classic.
Heilman, R. This text is the first-and only-modern text to follow the New York Edition, the one which had James's final authority. 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. P. Recent, fresh approaches to James's work are presented by Tzvetan Todorov, Shoshana Felman, Henry Sussman, Bruce Robbins, Ned Lukacher, Paul B. J. Blackmur, Maurice Blanchot, and Leon Edel. Also reproduced are four paintings by Charles Demuth. Lustig. Barry, Oliver Elton, William Lyon Phelps, and Virginia Woolf. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are included.. Armstrong, and T. 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. The section also includes landmark criticism by Harold Goddard, Edna Kenton, Edmund Wilson, Katherine Anne Porter, Robert B