The Turn of the Screw is a short novel or a novella written by American writer Henry James Originally published in 1898 it is ostensibly a ghost story that has lent itself well to operatic and film adaptation Due to its ambiguous content and narrative skill The Turn of the Screw became a favorite text of New Criticism
The account has lent itself to dozens of different interpretations often mutually exclusive including those of a Freudian natur...