| Henry
James Scholar's Guide to Web Sites
Contains an annotated bibliography, links to work by and about James,
biographical sketch, a Henry James e-Journal, and much more. Comprehensive
site for any student interested in or doing research on James.
Note: “Virtual Henry James” e-Journal article opening paragraph
reads as follows: "How might we reread James for a digital age?
Should we use him to resist the impacts of new media and technologies?
Or can we exploit these technologies to better popularize and understand
James's writing?"
http://www2.newpaltz.edu/~hathawar/cutting/index.htm
Perspectives
in American Literature: Late Nineteenth-Century Realism and Henry James
Brief overview of James's work includes a selected bibliography of criticism
and nine discussion questions.
Study Questions
for Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw
The Henry James Resource
Center
Has an extensive biographical sketch and bibliography as well as
The
Turn of the Screw & In the Cage
Random House offers seven major discussion questions
Infotrac article:
"Henry James." St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic
Writers. St. James Press, 1998. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center.
Farmington Hills, Mich.: The Gale Group. 2003. http://www.galenet.com/servlet/BioRC
The Turn of the Screw: A History
of Its Critical Interpretations, 1898 - 1979
Edward J. Parkinson, PhD
This Saint Louis University PhD dissertation, published in 1991, surveys
the criticism of The Turn Of The Screw from the novella's publication
to 1980. It relates trends in The Turn Of The Screw criticism to developments
in literary criticism and literary theory and discusses how the latter
have been influenced by broader historical and cultural changes. Students
and teachers can join in on a discussion group.
Tragedy
in The Turn of the Screw:
An Answer to Ursula Brumm
Two professors disagree over the role of tragedy in the story.
References:
• Edward Lobb, "The Turn of the Screw, King Lear, and Tragedy,"
http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/connotations/lobb101.htm
• Ursula Brumm, "Another View on The Turn of the Screw,"
http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/connotations/brumm111.htm
Henry
James etexts at the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia
The Turn of the Screw and others. Scroll down for James.
Classic
Notes Student Guide
Features summary and analysis, self-quizzes, and more.
Sparknotes on Turn of
the Screw
Another student guide. Has the usual summary and analysis, but also
study questions, suggested essay topics, and important quotes.
JAMESF-L
JamesF-L is the on-line discussion group concerning Henry James, with
occasional postings devoted to his relationship with other members of
his family.
Prince, Tony "Ambiguity: Teaching The Turn of the Screw to High
School Juniors"
The Henry James Review - Volume 17, Number 3, Fall 1996, pp. 225-229
The Johns Hopkins University Press (print only)
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