The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories (Broadview Editions)
"There are many 'critical' or 'teaching' editions of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw. Kimberly C. Reed's edition distinguishes itself by including with James's novella other stories and various contemporary documents that highlight James's fictional treatment of the supernatural and the cultural context for it. As a result, this new Broadview Edition isn't just a random sample of someone's favorite James short fictions. Instead, it provides in one accessible package much of the material needed to examine deeply one important aspect of James's oeuvre." (Pierre A. Walker, co-editor of The Complete Letters of Henry James (University of Nebraska Press, 2006))"Kimberly C. Reed's excellent new edition, attractive to scholars yet accessible to students, places four ghostly tales in a rich historical context of letters, autobiographies, critical writings, and other invaluable documents. She invites readers to create connections with James's life, the intellectual milieu of the James family, and the body of fictional and non-fictional works by James that speak most powerfully to these tales. Her account of the roots of the ghostly in magic and religion and its reverberations in deconstruction and psychoanalysis is especially illuminating, and demonstrates why this collection will be important to many in literary studies and beyond." (Sheila Teahan)