Chapter 3 Daemonization The Strange Freedom: The Turn of the Screw and the Pamela Controversy
Chapter 3 - ABSTRACT: An ironic response to Richardson's Pamela, The Turn of the Screw examines questions of moral hypocrisy and status inconsistency. Adopting a Fielding position, James celebrates the exemptions of a liberal conversation-or contemplation-premised both on the protection of adul...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2023
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| Summary: | Chapter 3 - ABSTRACT: An ironic response to Richardson's Pamela, The Turn of the Screw examines questions of moral hypocrisy and status inconsistency. Adopting a Fielding position, James celebrates the exemptions of a liberal conversation-or contemplation-premised both on the protection of adult secrets and the rejection of a Puritan education that prevents children from having free access to the open adult world. The first condition is represented by the detached master, an emblem of liberal privacy. The second is enforced by the governess' sadistic impulse to have the children see what they should never see-first, that the social hierarchies can be upset, and second, that a base menial enjoys the "strange freedom" to sexually approach a governess. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (49 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781032058658 9781032058665 |
| Access: | Open Access |