Sparknotes The Turn of the Screw, the Aspern Papers and Two Stories

HENRY JAMES, DAVID L. SWEET

ISBN 10: 1593080433 / ISBN 13: 9781593080433

Editore: Sterling Pub Co Inc December 2003, 2003

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• Titolo: Sparknotes The Turn of the Screw, the Aspern Papers and Two Stories
• Editore: Sterling Pub Co Inc December 2003
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1593080433
• ISBN 13: 9781593080433
• Rilegatura: Trade Paperback
• Condizione: Very Good - Cash
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Classics

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• Comments by other famous authors
• Study questions to challenge the readers viewpoints and expectations
• Bibliographies for further reading
• Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate

All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics &&L/I&&Rpulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each readers understanding of these enduring works.&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R &&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&RJoseph Conrad once said of his friend &&LB&&RHenry James&&L/B&&R, “As is meet for a man of his descent and tradition, Mr. James is the historian of fine consciences.” As it turns out, James was also incredibly gifted at writing exceptional ghost stories. This collection—including “&&LI&&RThe Beast in the Jungle&&L/I&&R” and “&&LI&&RThe Jolly Corner&&L/I&&R”—features James’s finest supernatural tales, along with criticism, a discussion of the legacies of James’s writing, and provocative study questions. &&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LP&&R&&LB&&RDavid L. Sweet&&L/B&&R is a professor of American and comparative literature at The American University in Cairo. He has also taught at Princeton, The City University of New York, The American University of Paris, and Columbia University, where he received his doctorate in Comparative Literature. His book &&LI&&RSavage Sight/Constructed Noise: Poetic Adaptations of Painterly Techniques in the French and American Avant-Gardes&&L/I&&R will be published next year by the University of North Carolina.&&L/P&&R&&L/DIV&&R

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David L. Sweet is a professor of American and comparative literature at The American University in Cairo. He has also taught at Princeton, The City University of New York, The American University of Paris, and Columbia University, where he received his doctorate in Comparative Literature. His book Savage Sight/Constructed Noise: Poetic Adaptations of Painterly Techniques in the French and American Avant-Gardes will be published next year by the University of North Carolina.