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Jorge Luis Borges
The Turn of the Screw
Any history of the criticism of The Turn of the Screw should begin with a discussion of Henry James's own statements about what is arguably his most enigmatic and controversial work. The Ghosts: Hallucinations Or Realities The first point to be made is that James did not come down unequivocally on one side or the other of the central controversy concerning The Turn of the Screw --focused by Edmund Wilson's famous assertion (in his 1934 essay) that "the ghosts are not real ghosts at all but merely the governess's hallucinations" (385).The Thomas Gray Archive : Primary Texts : Poems : "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" - University of Oxford
"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" 1 The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, 2 The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, 3 The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, 4 And leaves the world to darkness and to me. 5 Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight,