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Works of Henry James: The Turn Of The Screw (1898)

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:James, Henry

James, Henry
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
The Turn Of The Screw (1898)

Introduction:

Henry James's horror tale, The Turn of the Screw, is one of his popular
short novels and ranks with Daisy Miller among his most read works. James
wrote this work late in his career during a time when he was examining the
effects of evil as a presence in contrast to good. In this same period, James
was already a very sophisticated and complex stylist. This work looks forward
to the last great novels that he wrote, the novels usually referred to as
constituting James's "major phase."

The late, complex style of ...

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