James, Henry (1843-1916) - American novelist and short-story writer who
is known as an artistic literary craftsman. His great themes were the
relationship between innocence and experience and the attainment of
self-knowledge. Brother of William James.
The Turn of the Screw (1898) - A short, horrific ghost story that probes
the sources of terror. A governess strives to protect her two charges from
the ghosts of their former governess and their uncle's former valet.
