The Turn of the Screw

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ghost story gothic fiction work horror fiction work novella psychological horror work

The Turn of the Screw is a classic 1898 gothic novella by Henry James that tells the ambiguous and psychologically tense story of a governess who believes the children in her care are haunted by malevolent spirits.

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The Turn of the Screw (1959 television film) 1
The Turn of the Screw (1999 television film) 1
The Turn of the Screw (2009 film) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ghost story ⓘ
gothic fiction work ⓘ
horror fiction work ⓘ
novella ⓘ
psychological horror work ⓘ
author Henry James ⓘ
centralMotif haunting ⓘ
unreliable narration ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception highly acclaimed ⓘ
firstPublicationCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstPublicationMedium serial publication ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Collier’s magazine ⓘ
surface form: Collier's Weekly
frameNarrative yes ⓘ
genre ghost story ⓘ
gothic fiction ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Haunting ⓘ
surface form: The Innocents (1961 film)

The Turn of the Screw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Turn of the Screw (1959 television film)

The Turn of the Screw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Turn of the Screw (1999 television film)

The Turn of the Screw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Turn of the Screw (2009 film)

The Turn of the Screw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Turn of the Screw (opera)

The Turn of the Screw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Turn of the Screw (stage play)
influenced modern ghost stories ⓘ
psychological horror genre ⓘ
literaryMovement modernist precursor ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century literature ⓘ
literaryStatus classic of gothic literature ⓘ
classic of horror literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Flora ⓘ
Miles ⓘ
Miss Jessel ⓘ
Mrs. Grose ⓘ
Peter Quint ⓘ
the governess ⓘ
narrativeForm first-person narrative ⓘ
notableFor narrative ambiguity ⓘ
psychological tension ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
publicationYear 1898 ⓘ
settingCountry England ⓘ
settingLocation English country house ⓘ
theme ambiguity of reality and perception ⓘ
innocence and corruption ⓘ
madness and sanity ⓘ
power and control ⓘ
repression and sexuality ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Portrait of Henry James → depictsNotableWorkAuthor → The Turn of the Screw ⓘ
The Turn of the Screw → hasAdaptation → The Turn of the Screw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Turn of the Screw (opera)
The Turn of the Screw → hasAdaptation → The Turn of the Screw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Turn of the Screw (1959 television film)
The Turn of the Screw → hasAdaptation → The Turn of the Screw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Turn of the Screw (1999 television film)
The Turn of the Screw → hasAdaptation → The Turn of the Screw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Turn of the Screw (2009 film)
The Turn of the Screw → hasAdaptation → The Turn of the Screw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Turn of the Screw (stage play)
Henry James → notableWork → The Turn of the Screw ⓘ