Article Title
Of Magicians, Knights, and the Holy Grail: An Archetypal Reading of "The Figure in the Carpet"
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Henry James's short story "The Figure in the Carpet" is a magician's sleight of hand, a story which conjures a vision of some "buried treasure" hidden within the text. Then, with a snap of the fingers and a puff of smoke, the promised treasure vanishes into thin air. The reader is left to wonder, “Does such a treasure exist, or is it all an illusion?" It is the teller of the tale who provides the clues to the answer.
Publication Date
1987
Journal Title
Draftings In
Volume
2
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
5
Copyright
©1987 by the Board of Student Publications, University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Albrecht, Joseph
(1987)
"Of Magicians, Knights, and the Holy Grail: An Archetypal Reading of "The Figure in the Carpet","
Draftings In: Vol. 2:
No.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/draftings/vol2/iss1/4
Comments
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