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- Title
Place, Space, and the Affordances Thereof: Bly Manor as Depicted in Three Adaptations of The Turn of the Screw.
- Authors
Ekroll, Kristoffer S.
- Abstract
This paper looks at the representation of Bly Manor across different adaptations of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw (1898). The focus is on adaptations that emphasize Bly as an intricate space that limits the possibilities of actions that the main characters have. The theory of affordance states that places "afford" different uses of the space. Locked inside a place with uneasily determined affordances and clearly established rules, the main characters of these adaptations experience how different intersections of identities are afforded differently within the stately home. The paper traces the intertextual conversation through adaptations such as Jack Clayton's film The Innocents (1961), the readaptation of James's premise in Ruth Ware's novel The Turn of the Key (2019), before ending with the intertextual and temporal dimensions of haunted space in Mike Flanagan's streaming miniseries The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020). These iterations of the story showcase the voyeuristic elements of Bly as the characters are repeatedly watched by those who have come before them. At the same time, they show the ongoing appeal of James's story as its legacy continues into the twenty-first century.
- Subjects
TURN of the Screw, The (Book : James); JAMES, Henry, 1843-1916; LITERARY adaptations; INNOCENTS, The (Film); HAUNTING of Bly Manor, The (TV program)
- Publication
Humanities (2076-0787), 2023, Vol 12, Issue 6, p134
- ISSN
2076-0787
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/h12060134