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Giro di vite

James Henry

Publisher: Greenbooks Editore

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Apparso in dodici puntate nella rivista "Collier's Weekly" dal 27 gennaio al 16 aprile 1898, Giro di vite è uno dei capisaldi dell'opera di Henry James, quello forse che ha ottenuto più attenzione sia da parte della critica che da parte del pubblico. Ispirato da una storia di fantasmi narrata allo scrittore dall'arcivescovo di Canterbury Edward White Benson, questo romanzo breve narra la vicenda di due bambini affidati alla servitù di una vecchia villa di campagna dove avvengono sconcertanti apparizioni. L'atmosfera di un Male incombente è resa ancor più intollerabile dall'ambientazione quasi pastorale e dal senso di pace e luminosità che questa sembra irradiare tutt'attorno. Il terrore che scaturisce da tale contrasto è di natura psicologica, nasce dalla mente del narratore più che dalla descrizione dei fatti: sottile e modernissimo espediente che anticipa la sperimentazione letteraria del Novecento.
Available since: 07/24/2021.

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