New Essays on 'Daisy Miller' and 'The Turn of the Screw'

Daisy Miller and The Turn of the Screw may be Henry James's most widely read tales. Certainly, these swiftly moving accounts of failed connections are among the best examples of his shorter fiction. In the four essays that follow, Kenneth Graham offers a close reading of Daisy that emphasizes the heroine's unknowability; Robert Weisbuch examines Winterbourne as a specimen of James's formidable bachelor type; Millicent Bell places the ghost story governess in the traditions of English fiction and society; and David McWhirter provides a critique of female authority.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series editor's preface; A note on the text; 1. Introduction Vivian R. Pollak; 2. Daisy Miller: dynamics of an enigma Kenneth Graham; 3. Winterbourne and the doom of manhood in Daisy Miller Robert Weisbuch; 4. Class, sex, and the Victorian governess: James's The Turn of the Screw Millicent Bell; 5. The 'other house' of fiction: writing, authority, and femininity in The Turn of the Screw David McWhirter; Notes on contributors; Selected bibliography.

Zusammenfassung

The introduction to this 1993 volume places James's fiction in the context of the family that conditioned his concern with the sexual politics of intimate experience. The essays that follow demonstrate the continuing appeal of his fiction through an analysis of two of his most widely read tales.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Vivian R. Pollack, Vivian R. Pollak
• Mitarbeit: Emory Elliot (Herausgeber), Vivian R. Pollak (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 23.11.2011
• EAN: 9780521426817
• ISBN: 978-0-521-42681-7
• Seiten: 166
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 216 mm x 9 mm
• Gewicht: 218 g
• Serie: American Novel (Hardcover)
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft