Daisy Miller / Henry James ; edited with an introduction by Geoffrey Moore and notes by Patricia Crick.
By: James, Henry.
Contributor(s): Moore, Geoffrey.
Material type: BookSeries: Penguin classics.Publisher: Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1986Description: 126 p. ; 18 cm.ISBN: 0140432620 .Subject(s): Americans -- Europe -- Fiction | Young women -- Fiction | American fictionDDC classification: 813.4 JAMItem type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Store Item | 813.4 JAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00063620 | ||
General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Store Item | 813.4 JAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00063623 | ||
General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Store Item | 813.4 JAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00063621 |
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Daisy Miller travels to Europe with her wealthy, commonplace mother and in her innocence and audacity offends convention and seems to compromise her reputation.
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Library Journal Review
James's brief 1858 classic is here presented as a no-frills edition in Dover's Thrift series. Since the text is a staple in many high school and college literature curricula, Dover provides a painless, inexpensive way of stocking multiple copies. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.CHOICE Review
In this clear, persuasive study of James's widely successful novella, Fogel (Louisiana State University) reviews historical context and critical response from the 1870s to the present, and then--most usefully--offers his own well-informed "reading" of the novel. It is his thesis that Daisy Miller "forces us to yoke together comedy and tragedy, sentimentality and irony, realism and mythmaking"; and that it should be understood as a "dark comedy of manners" (rather than a tragedy or tragicomedy) because none of its characters can"overcome the environmental determinism that finally makes it impossible for Daisy and Winterbourne to meet each other halfway." This position is argued carefully, and the implications of structure, tone, and narrative technique are clearly and thoroughly discussed. Appropriate for all levels, but especially useful for beginning students of James. -J. J. Benardete, Hunter College, CUNYAuthor notes provided by Syndetics
Henry James, American novelist and literary critic, was born in 1843 in New York City. Psychologist-philosopher William James was his brother. By the age of 18, he had lived in France, England, Switzerland, Germany, and New England. In 1876, he moved to London, having decided to live abroad permanently.James was a prolific writer; his writings include 22 novels, 113 tales, 15 plays, approximately 10 books of criticism, and 7 travel books. His best-known works include Daisy Miller, The Turn of the Screw, The Portrait of a Lady, The Ambassadors, and The American Scene. His works of fiction are elegant and articulate looks at Victorian society; while primarily set in genteel society, James subtlely explores class issues, sexual repression, and psychological distress.
Henry James died in 1916 in London. The James Memorial Stone in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey, commemorates him.
(Bowker Author Biography)