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Paperback Henry James's Enigmas: Turning the Screw of Eternity? Book

ISBN: 2875741764

ISBN13: 9782875741769

Henry James's Enigmas: Turning the Screw of Eternity?

Discovering Lamb House in 1896, Henry James fell under the spell of the words of Biblical «Wisdom» written on the tower clock of Rye parochial church: «For our time is a very shadow that passeth away». From the young bachelor's «angry vow» to «live for himself and turn the key on his heart» in Watch and Ward (1871) to the decisive The Turn of the Screw (1898) and to the final «turning the tables» on «an awful agent» of the Apollo Gallery in the nightmare...

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