Henry James's Daisy Miller, the Turn of the Screw, and Other Tales

by Bloom, Harold

• ISBN13: 9781555460075
• ISBN10: 1555460070
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Chelsea House Pub

Summary

A collection of eight critical essays on the major novellas of James including "The Aspern papers, " "Daisy Miller, " and "The Turn of the screw."

Table of Contents

Editor's Note	vii
Introduction	1	(10)
Harold Bloom
``The Aspern Papers''	11	(14)
Laurence Holland
``Daisy Miller'': A Study of Changing Intentions	25	(10)
Carol Ohmann
Partial Art---Total Interpretation	35	(8)
Wolfgang Iser
A Reading of ``The Real Thing''	43	(18)
Moshe Ron
``The Figure in the Carpet''	61	(14)
J. Hillis Miller
A Jamesian About-Face: Notes on ``The Jolly Corner''	75	(18)
Deborah Esch
The ``Lost Stuff of Consciousness'': The Priority of Futurity and the Deferral of Desire in ``The Beast in the Jungle''	93	(24)
Donna Przybylowicz
``Hanging Fire'': The Primal Scene of The Turn of the Screw	117	(16)
New Lukacher
Chronology	133	(2)
Contributors	135	(2)
Bibliography	137	(4)
Acknowledgments	141	(2)
Index	143