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Henry James Turn of the Screw

Horror
Englisch
42241 Wörter
Ab 12 Jahren
349
3

The Turn of the Screw is a ghost story novella written by Henry James. Due to its ambiguous content, it became a favourite text of academics who subscribe to New Criticism. The novella has had differing interpretations, often mutually exclusive. Many critics have tried to determine the exact nature of the evil hinted at by the story. However, others have argued that the true brilliance of the novella comes with its ability to create an intimate confusion and suspense for the reader. Throughout his career James was attracted to the ghost story genre. However, he was not fond of literature's stereotypical ghosts, the old-fashioned 'screamers' and 'slashers'. Rather, he preferred to create ghosts that were eerie extensions of everyday reality—"the strange and sinister embroidered on the very type of the normal and easy," as he put it in the New York Edition preface to his final ghost story, "The Jolly Corner". The Turn of the Screw is no exception to this formula. In fact, many have wondered if he didn't intend the "strange and sinister" to be embroidered only on the governess's mind and not on objective reality. The result has been a long-standing critical dispute about the reality of the ghosts and the sanity of the governess. Beyond the dispute, critics have closely examined James's narrative technique for the story. The framing introduction and subsequent first-person narrative by the governess have been studied by theorists of fiction interested in the power of fictional narratives to convince or even manipulate readers. The imagery of The Turn of the Screw is reminiscent of the gothic genre. The emphasis on old and mysterious buildings throughout the novella reinforces this motif. James also relates the amount of light present in various scenes to the strength of the supernatural or ghostly forces apparently at work. [mehr]

Stichwörter: turn of the screw, henry james, gothic horror, psychological thriller, ghost story, mystery

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Henry James The Turn of the Screw

Belletristik
Englisch
42430 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
0

The Turn of the Screw, originally published in 1898, is a gothic ghost story novella written by Henry [mehr]

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RUTHERFORD MAYNE THE TURN OF THE ROAD

Drama
Englisch
12808 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
0

RUTHERFORD MAYNE 1878 - 1967 Born in Japan in 1878, son of Reverend Hugh Waddell, a Presbyterian minister and lecturer at the Imperial University of Tokyo, Rutherford Mayne is the pen pen name of actor and playwright Samuel John Waddell. He helped to found the Ulster Literary Theatre 1904 and his first play, The Turn of the Road, was produced by the theatre in Belfast in 1906. He wrote over a dozen plays and one of his best-known works, The Drone, had its first performance in 1908 in the Abbey Theatre. He died in Dalkey, Co. Dublin in 1967. [mehr]

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THANDIE SULLIVAN RIGHT TURN

You can never escape your past..............

Thriller
Englisch
1683 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
4
2

Amber Trudeaux went to New York to escape her past, but the problem is she was found, ultimately. Her ex-boss and best friend, Mike Tanner comes to find her explaining about a triple murder that had suddenly occurred and her name that had mysteriously appeared. Seeing the possibility that her past is catching up, Amber and Mike once again become FBI partners to solve the mystery. Will they be able to catch him or will he escape in the way he had escaped all along? [mehr]

Stichwörter: crime, adventure, mystery, friendship, action, humor

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Aurora Kryan Turn Me

Belletristik
Englisch
15477 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
949
40

Lyric’s 19th birthday was nothing special till she invited her collage friend Gage over. She secretly likes him and thought of no one better than him to spend her birthday with. Unfortunately her normal birthday is flung into the world of the supernatural when she discovers a secret about her blood. Her struggle to grasp the world she will be forced into is worsened by an “orphan” girl living with her. The girl invites friends over and they try to kill Lyric when her parents are due home any minute. She is forced to fight the girl or die. What Lyric doesn’t know is that there are others after her because of her blood, and one of them is closer then she thinks. [mehr]

Stichwörter: vampire, turning, fight, blood, kitsune, secrets

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Henry James The Turn of the Screw (Illustrated)

Sammelband
Englisch
42235 Wörter
Ab 10 Jahren
105
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The Turn of the Screw, originally published in 1898, is a ghost story novella written by Henry James. Due to its ambiguous content, it became a favourite text of academics who subscribe to New Criticism. The novella has had differing interpretations, often mutually exclusive. Many critics have tried to determine the exact nature of the evil hinted at by the story. However, others have argued that the true brilliance of the novella comes with its ability to create an intimate confusion and suspense for the reader. The governess of two enigmatic children fears their souls are in danger from the ghosts of the previous governess and her sinister lover. [mehr]

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Henry James The Turn of the Screw By Henry James

Belletristik
Englisch
42244 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
154
0

The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless, but except the obvious remark that it was gruesome, as, on Christmas Eve in an old house, a strange tale should essentially be, I remember no comment uttered till somebody happened to say that it was the only case he had met in which such a visitation had fallen on a child. The case, I may mention, was that of an apparition in just such an old house as had gathered us for the occasion—an appearance, of a dreadful kind, to a little boy sleeping in the room with his mother and waking her up in the terror of it; waking her not to dissipate his dread and soothe him to sleep again, but to encounter also, herself, before she had succeeded in doing so, the same sight that had shaken him. It was this observation that drew from Douglas—not immediately, but later in the evening—a reply that had the interesting consequence to which I call attention. Someone else told a story not particularly effective, which I saw he was not following. This I took for a sign that he had himself something to produce and that we should only have to wait. We waited in fact till two nights later; but that same evening, before we scattered, he brought out what was in his mind. [mehr]

Stichwörter: The Turn of the Screw, Henry James, The Turn of the Screw By Henry James

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Cakesterfun Turn Me On Lyrics

David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj

Musik
Englisch
409 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
322
0

This is a song recorded and written by David Guetta and Nicki Minaj. My opinion: This song is [mehr]

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Erin Clerity Turn Me On

Liebe
Englisch
1498 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
290
1

Marley Jones is just your average journalist for the Philadelphia newspaper. She meets big time local Anthony Strips who is the local musician who is very presistant from getting interviewed by anyone especially Marley Jones but she pursuades him and she interviews him. After they see eachother a couple more times they fall in love but what Anthony doest know is that Marley Jones isnt her real name, her real name is Melissa Williams who is a blue collar rich girl trying to run away from her past. [mehr]

Stichwörter: music reporter, local musician, romance love

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Johnny Crash Turn mit Luise

Segeln mit der Liebsten

Lyrik und Poesie
Deutsch
111 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
251
14

Stichwörter: Segeln, Hafen, Freude, Gefahren, Liebe

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