One of the questions perpetually plaguing the critics of Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw is whether the ghosts are real or the governess had lost her mind. This paper offers an interpretation of James’ novella from the viewpoint of the Gothic novel, and the author draws parallels between the actions and behavior of the young and impressionable governess and those of a heroine from the Gothic genre, taking into account the governess’ narrative style, her repressed self, the evil she faces and finally, the overall position of governesses in Victorian society. The result is an aligning of James’ protagonist with the generally accepted image of a Gothic heroine, thus working towards the conclusion that, seen from the perspective of the Gothi...
This study theorizes the Victorian governess as a mythic figure, rooted in the experience of real ni...
Starting from the assumption that The Turn of the Screw is at once both a ghost story, replete with ...
Starting from the assumption that The Turn of the Screw is at once both a ghost story, replete with ...
As a psychological novelist, Henry James emphasizes the importance of imagination in literature. We ...
Henry James was a prolific writer of many full-length novels. It is, however, an interesting phenome...
The novella Turn of the Screw by Henry James was first published in 1898 as a serialized novel in Co...
"This essay shows that Henry James's The Turn of the Screw can be read as a ghost story in terms of ...
This paper analyzes tenets of Victorian Christianity and the rise of the alternative religion of spi...
This study is a reading of three late supernatural tales by Henry James: "Owen Wingrave" (1892), The...
The Turn of the Screw is an intense psychological tale of terror. It begins in an old house on Chris...
Master's thesis in Literacy StudiesMy thesis explores how Victorian society viewed the women who did...
Starting from the assumption that The Turn of the Screw is at once both a ghost story, replete with ...
Starting from the assumption that The Turn of the Screw is at once both a ghost story, replete with ...
Starting from the assumption that The Turn of the Screw is at once both a ghost story, replete with ...
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, English, 2007.Henry James' The Turn of the Screw has never been...
This study theorizes the Victorian governess as a mythic figure, rooted in the experience of real ni...
Starting from the assumption that The Turn of the Screw is at once both a ghost story, replete with ...
Starting from the assumption that The Turn of the Screw is at once both a ghost story, replete with ...
As a psychological novelist, Henry James emphasizes the importance of imagination in literature. We ...
Henry James was a prolific writer of many full-length novels. It is, however, an interesting phenome...
The novella Turn of the Screw by Henry James was first published in 1898 as a serialized novel in Co...
"This essay shows that Henry James's The Turn of the Screw can be read as a ghost story in terms of ...
This paper analyzes tenets of Victorian Christianity and the rise of the alternative religion of spi...
This study is a reading of three late supernatural tales by Henry James: "Owen Wingrave" (1892), The...
The Turn of the Screw is an intense psychological tale of terror. It begins in an old house on Chris...
Master's thesis in Literacy StudiesMy thesis explores how Victorian society viewed the women who did...
Starting from the assumption that The Turn of the Screw is at once both a ghost story, replete with ...
Starting from the assumption that The Turn of the Screw is at once both a ghost story, replete with ...
Starting from the assumption that The Turn of the Screw is at once both a ghost story, replete with ...
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, English, 2007.Henry James' The Turn of the Screw has never been...
This study theorizes the Victorian governess as a mythic figure, rooted in the experience of real ni...
Starting from the assumption that The Turn of the Screw is at once both a ghost story, replete with ...
Starting from the assumption that The Turn of the Screw is at once both a ghost story, replete with ...
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