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James's the Turn of the Screw
Contributor(s): Orr, Leonard (Author)
ISBN: 0826424325     ISBN-13: 9780826424327
Publisher: Continuum
OUR PRICE:   $29.65  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2009
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Annotation: A concise, authoritative but very readable guide to The Turn of the Screw, offering students a guide to contexts, language, criticism and reading the text.
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - General
Dewey: 813.4
LCCN: 2009504831
Series: Reader's Guides
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.50 lbs) 120 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

Henry James's ghost story novella, The Turn of the Screw (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 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.

Contributor Bio(s): Orr, Leonard: - 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.