Lik na tepihu
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- Author: James Henry
- Publisher: Litteris
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- Condition: New book
- Code: 79264
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Lik na tepihu
James Henry
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Henry James: Figure on the Carpet
"Figure on the Carpet" owes its great success to the development of the theme of the essence of literature and art, which is compared to a pattern on a carpet, the meaning of which can only be understood by those who observe it closely. The anonymous narrator is a literary critic who one evening meets his idol, the famous writer Hugh Vereker, about whose book he has just written a review. When Vereker explains to the young man that he missed the most important thing: "his secret", which is "like a complicated motif on a Persian carpet", an obsession is born. The narrator, along with his best friend George Corvick and his fiancee Gwendolen Erme, sets off in search of the unfathomable secret of the writer. It may not be superfluous to point out that Henry James was for a long time an unrecognized writer, and was ignored by critics. He was considered misunderstood, his novels did not experience praise and success during his lifetime, and he devoted his whole self to them. The accusation leveled at critics who are incapable of discovering and making known talent is all the more lively because, in fact, in this narrative, Henry James, out of ignorance and even contempt, forms the basis of hidden knowledge, which is hidden to the extent that it is suppressed. The value of this short novel is evidenced by the fact that it is among the 74 titles of the famous ideal Borges library.
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- Author: James Henry
- Publisher: Litteris
- Year of publication:2023
- Place of publication:Zagreb
- Pages:91
- Dimensions:11.5x16.5 cm
- Script:Latin script
- Condition:New book
- Binding:Softcover
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