American and canadian literature.
The figure in the carpet henry james.
He frequently filled his tales with ambiguity and even obscurity as he does in this 48 page short story.
Henry james 1843 1916 published the figure in the carpet in 1896.
The tale has baffled critics ever since it first appeared.
The figure in the carpet 1896 is one of a number of stories james wrote in his later years which deal with issues of authorship writing and literary reputation.
The figure in the carpet is partly about readers and the obsessions they can sometimes develop with writers who intrigue them.
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He never gave us an interpretation of this story.
He is best known for his novel the portrait of a lady first published in 1880.
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Henry james 1843 1916 published the figure in the carpet in 1896.
It is told in the first person.
He frequently filled his tales with ambiguity and even obscurity as he does in this 48 page short story.
The figure in the carpet author.
Secrecy fiction category.
The figure in the carpet language.
Women novelists fiction subject.
He never gave us an interpretation of this story.
He left it to us to decipher it.
The stories in this collection were written mostly between 1888 and 1897 a time when henry james s writing was concerned with the art of fiction and the position of the artist in society.
The figure in the carpet is a short story by american writer henry james first published in 1896.
He is best known for his novel the portrait of a lady first published in 1880.
The figure in the carpet has become a short hand or idiom for the key to understanding a writer s work.
The narrator whose name is never revealed meets his favorite author and becomes obsessed with discovering the secret meaning or intention of all the author s works.
Short stories american subject.
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The figure in the carpet has evaded definitive interpretation.
In that sense it s a kind of warning not to associate writers lives too closely with their work so i won t try to figure out what it might mean in connection with henry james own life and work.
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He left it to us to decipher it.
Interpersonal relations fiction subject.
Critics fiction subject.
And yet the story in which the idiom was born henry james s 1896 tale the figure in the carpet refuses to open itself up to easy interpretations or analysis.
