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The Turn of the Screw Study Guide & Essays

by Henry James

The Turn of the Screw was originally published as a serialized novel in Collier's Weekly. Robert J. Collier, whose father had founded the magazine, had just become editor. At the time, James was already a well-known author, having already published The Europeans, Daisy Miller, Washington Square, and…

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unreliability of the governess

in what ways is the governess an unreliable narrator in The Turn of the Screw?

Posted By grady t #64152 at Sep 24, 2008 6:03 PM in The Turn of the Screw || 2 replies

point of view

Henry James prefected the use of point of view as a narrative device. What 2 incidents from The Turn of the Screw help prove this?

Posted By shannon h #104005 at Sep 14, 2009 3:37 PM in The Turn of the Screw || 0 replies

i need a serious help with q question about the turn of the screw!!

can anybody help me with a question:
to what extent the turn of the screw is a frame without a picture?

Posted By sarah w #83871 at Mar 11, 2009 9:05 AM in The Turn of the Screw || 0 replies

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

Hello everybody!
Could somebody help me to answer two questions concerning the ghost story "the turn of the screw by Henry James", please?

Do you think that the tale may satisfy some deep-seated human needs? What?

thank you in advance

Posted By karina k #27805 at Oct 16, 2006 1:10 PM in The Turn of the Screw || 1 reply