The Turn of the Screw [electronic resource] : Complete, Authoritative Text with Biographical and Historical Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Five Contemporary Critical Perspectives

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. This Edition Of James's Classic Novel Presents The 1908 New York Edition Along With Five Critical Essays - Newly Commissioned Or Revised For A Student Audience - That Read The Turn Of The Screw From Five Contemporary Critical Perspectives. Each Critical Essay Is Accompanied By A Succinct Introduction To The History, Principles, And Practice Of The Critical Perspective And By A Bibliography That Promotes Further Exploration Of That Approach. In Addition, The Text And Essays Are Complemented By An Introduction Providing Biographical And Historical Contexts For James And The Turn Of The Screw, A Survey Of Critical Responses To The Novel Since Its Initial Publication, And A Glossary Of Critical And Theoretical Terms.--jacket. The Turn Of The Screw: -- Introduction: Biographical And Historical Contexts -- The Complete Text -- From The Preface To Henry James's 1908 Edition -- A Critical History Of The Turn Of The Screw -- Reader Response Criticism And The Turn Of The Screw -- What Is Reader Response Criticism? -- Reader Response Criticism: A Selected Bibliography -- A Reader Response Perspective: Wayne C. Booth, He Began To Read To Our Hushed Little Circle: Are We Blessed Or Cursed By Our Life With The Turn Of The Screw? -- Deconstruction And The Turn Of The Screw -- What Is Deconstruction? -- Deconstruction: A Selected Bibliography -- A Deconstructionist Perspective: Shoshana Felman, The Grasp With Which I Recovered Him: A Child Is Kiled In The Turn Of The Screw -- Psychoanalytic Criticism And The Turn Of The Screw -- What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism? -- Psychoanalytic Criticism: A Selected Biography -- A Psychoanalytic Perspective: Stanley Runner, Red Hair, Very Red, Close Curling: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeymen, And The Ghosts In The Turn Of The Screw -- Feminist Criticism And The Turn Of The Screw -- What Is Feminist Criticism? -- Feminist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography -- A Feminist Perspective: Priscilla L. Walton, What Then On Earth Was I?: Feminine Subjectivity And The Turn Of The Screw -- Marxist Criticism And The Turn Of The Screw: What Is Marxist Criticism? Marxist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography -- A Marxist Perspective: Bruce Robbins, They Don't Much Count, Do They?: The Unfinished History Of The Turn Of The Screw. Henry James ; Edited By Peter G. Beidler. Complete, Authoritative Text With Biographical And Historical Contexts, Critical History, And Essays From Five Contemporary Critical Perspectives. Includes Bibliographical References. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction: Biographical and Historical Contexts....Pages 3-19 The Turn of the Screw°....Pages 21-116 From the Preface to Henry James’s 1908 Edition of The Turn of the Screw....Pages 117-124 Front Matter....Pages 125-125 A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw....Pages 127-151 Reader-Response Criticism and The Turn of the Screw....Pages 152-178 Deconstruction and The Turn of the Screw....Pages 179-206 Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw....Pages 207-241 Feminist Criticism and The Turn of the Screw....Pages 242-267 Marxist Criticism and The Turn of the Screw....Pages 268-296 Back Matter....Pages 297-313 Henry James' short novels provide an overview of his entire career and serve as an excellent introduction to his singular art and imagination. This collection includes The Turn of the Screw, Daisy Miller, The Beast in the Jungle, An International Episode, The Aspern Papers and The Altar of the Dead. Major course adoption potential. The governess of two enigmatic children fears their souls are in danger from the ghosts of the previous governess and her sinister lover.