help anyone? research paper

tina88 · 11-14-2008, 12:27 AM

I was just wondering if anyone had any good ideas or books to get sources from dealing with the turn of the screw story and freudian ideas. i already checked freuds interpetation of dreams and it didnt help much. Any suggesstions?? thanks

Jamesian · 11-14-2008, 02:11 AM

The first instance of the Freudian reading, I believe, is Edna Kenton's essay 'Henry James to the Ruminant Reader: The Turn of the Screw', published in 1924 in a journal called The Arts. I don't know where to find the full text of it - my uni library doesn't appear to have it - but Edmund Wilson discusses it at some length as well in his essay 'The Ambiguity of Henry James', which can be found in the Library of America edition of his Literary Essays and Reviews: 1930s & 1940s, as part of a group of essays called 'The Triple Thinkers'.
There is also an essay by Robert B. Heilman called 'The Freudian Reading of The Turn of the Screw' which basically attacks that interpretation.

Check out the Norton Critical Edition of the book, if you can:http://www.amazon.com/Screw-Second-N.../dp/039395904X
It includes excerpts from all of these, plus some others.

There is plenty of more recent criticism as well, but I don't know whether you'll be able to track it down or not. If you attend a university with a decent library and access to handy online databases like JSTOR and ProjectMuse, then you can definitely find lots more.

Hope that's at least somewhat helpful.

tina88 · 11-14-2008, 04:50 PM

Thanks...I attempted thier database's but I need more book sources and don't really know what to use...thanks for the tip =) ill look into those.

11-14-2008, 12:27 AM	#1
tina88 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3	help anyone? research paper I was just wondering if anyone had any good ideas or books to get sources from dealing with the turn of the screw story and freudian ideas. i already checked freuds interpetation of dreams and it didnt help much. Any suggesstions?? thanks __________________ "Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake." We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of a man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him ~ Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice

11-14-2008, 02:11 AM	#2
Jamesian is my namesian. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: At your side always. Posts: 2,162 Blog Entries: 4	The first instance of the Freudian reading, I believe, is Edna Kenton's essay 'Henry James to the Ruminant Reader: The Turn of the Screw', published in 1924 in a journal called The Arts. I don't know where to find the full text of it - my uni library doesn't appear to have it - but Edmund Wilson discusses it at some length as well in his essay 'The Ambiguity of Henry James', which can be found in the Library of America edition of his Literary Essays and Reviews: 1930s & 1940s, as part of a group of essays called 'The Triple Thinkers'. There is also an essay by Robert B. Heilman called 'The Freudian Reading of The Turn of the Screw' which basically attacks that interpretation. Check out the Norton Critical Edition of the book, if you can:http://www.amazon.com/Screw-Second-N.../dp/039395904X It includes excerpts from all of these, plus some others. There is plenty of more recent criticism as well, but I don't know whether you'll be able to track it down or not. If you attend a university with a decent library and access to handy online databases like JSTOR and ProjectMuse, then you can definitely find lots more. Hope that's at least somewhat helpful. __________________ The book itself is a curious artifact, not showy in its technology but complex and extremely efficient: a really neat little device, compact, often very pleasant to look at and handle, that can last decades, even centuries. It doesn't have to be plugged in, activated, or performed by a machine; all it needs is light, a human eye, and a human mind. It is not one of a kind, and it is not ephemeral. It lasts. It is reliable. --Ursula K. Le Guin

11-14-2008, 04:50 PM	#3
tina88 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3	Thanks...I attempted thier database's but I need more book sources and don't really know what to use...thanks for the tip =) ill look into those. __________________ "Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake." We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of a man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him ~ Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice

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