The Embrace of Ambiguity in Joan Lindsay's Picnic at Hanging Rock and Henry James's The Turn of the Screw.

Picnic at Hanging Rock (Book); Turn of the Screw, The (Book : James); Lindsay, Joan Weigall, Lady, 1896-1984; James, Henry, 1843-1916; Fiction; Literary criticism; Literary settings; Story plots; Psychology in literature; Abandonment (Psychology)

The article critiques Joan Lindsay's 1967 novel "Picnic at Hanging Rock" and the 1898 novel "The Turn of the Screw," by Henry James. Topics discussed include the parallels between the novel particularly with regard to their narratives, setting, and ending, the significant literary influence of James on the works of Lindsay and the interest of the latter in nineteenth-century American literature, and the themes of abandonment and isolation featured in both novels.