“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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Main Author: Anna Bocci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università di Pisa 2020-05-01
Series:Whatever
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Online Access:https://whatever.cirque.unipi.it/index.php/journal/article/view/64