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The Madonna of the Future.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- James, Henry.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Artists in literature.
- Creativity in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (47 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland : The Floating Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- American author Henry James often grappled with weighty topics in his work, and the story ""The Madonna of the Future"" -- longer than a typical short story, but shorter than a novella -- is no exception. Framed as an anecdote related among a group of men engaged in post-dinner chitchat, the story deals with an artist whose outsize ambitions and perfectionism have frozen him in a kind of creative paralysis. It's a profoundly thought-provoking tale that prompts important questions about...
- Contents:
- Title; The Madonna of the Future
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI.
- ISBN:
- 1-77653-391-7
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