“If the child gives the effect another turn of the screw”: performativity during childhood in Henry James’s 'The Turn of the Screw'
This paper aims at conducting a queer analysis of the figures of children in Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw and of their role in the story’s effect, in order to suggest a new possible interpretation of the novella and to explore the theme of performativity during childhood. Following Carmen Del...
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Language: | English |
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Università di Pisa
2020-05-01
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Series: | Whatever |
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Online Access: | https://whatever.cirque.unipi.it/index.php/journal/article/view/64 |