The Text as Elusion, or Was I Reading Henry James's "The Figure in the Carpet"?

Authors

Michael J. McKinlay, University of Northern IowaFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Elusiveness, the house-of-mirrors illusion of the figure in the carpet, works on all levels and on all readers. But like any illusion in the house-of-mirrors, the only clearly defined image is the one right in front of us. Oddly enough, that image is a particular reflection of ourselves. We must concentrate on that image to find what the reading means for us before trying to define the variant distortions, the readings of others.

Publication Date

1987

Journal Title

Draftings In

Volume

2

Issue

1

First Page

37

Last Page

42

Comments

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Copyright

©1987 by the Board of Student Publications, University of Northern Iowa

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

McKinlay, Michael J. (1987) "The Text as Elusion, or Was I Reading Henry James's "The Figure in the Carpet"?," Draftings In: Vol. 2: No. 1, Article 9.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/draftings/vol2/iss1/9