New essays on Daisy Miller and The turn of the screw / edited by Vivian R. Pollak.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pollak, Vivian R.

Series:

American novel

The American novel

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

James, Henry, 1843-1916. Daisy Miller.

James, Henry.

James, Henry, 1843-1916. Turn of the screw.

Physical Description:

ix, 153 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0521416736

0521426812

OCLC:

27265642