Category: The Turn of The Screw

The Turn of The Screw’: Searching for Love in a Book In The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, the central character, the governess, feels so isolated that she will do anything necessary to quench the feeling. She decides that the way to do so is to be in love. Unfortunately, because she is…

The Turn of The Screw’: Through The Lens of Feminism The Turn of The Screw is a horror novella by the American author Henry James, It was published in the year 1898, the view on this novel has been different throughout the course of history especially looking at it through the lens of a feminist,…

The Turn of The Screw’: Metaphorical and Textual Silences in a Book Silence in Henry James The Turn of the Screw is integral to the text not only in a literal sense, but also figuratively; the gaps that are purposefully left in the plot and the readers knowledge also act, powerfully, as silences. Whilst literal,…

The Turn of The Screw’: Searching for Love in a Book In The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, the central character, the governess, feels so isolated that she will do anything necessary to quench the feeling. She decides that the way to do so is to be in love. Unfortunately, because she is…

The Turn of The Screw’: Through The Lens of Feminism The Turn of The Screw is a horror novella by the American author Henry James, It was published in the year 1898, the view on this novel has been different throughout the course of history especially looking at it through the lens of a feminist,…