Telling in Henry James

Telling in Henry James argues that James''s contribution to narrative and narrative theories is a lifelong exploration of how to "tell," but not, as Douglas has it in "The Turn of the Screw" in any "literal, vulgar way." James''s fiction offers multiple, and often contradictory, reading (in)directions. Zwinger''s overarching contention is that the telling detail is that which cannot be accounted ...