Open AccessThe Hole in the Carpet: Henry James's The Bostonians
Author(s) -
Sharon Cameron
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
daedalus
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1548-6192
pISSN - 0011-5266
DOI - 10.1162/daed_a_01835
Subject(s) - value (mathematics) , philosophy , epistemology , computer science , machine learning
“The Hole in the Carpet” examines the ways in which Henry James deflates and nullifies value in The Bostonians. The essay raises a question of whether a novel that has no stable repository for value creates in its stead an ethical vacuum that is costly for a reader.
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