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    A Study Guide for Henry James's "Daisy Miller"
    A Study Guide for Henry James's "Daisy Miller"
    A Study Guide for Henry James's "Daisy Miller"
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    A Study Guide for Henry James's "Daisy Miller"

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    A Study Guide for Henry James's "Daisy Miller," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Literary Themes for Students: The American Dream.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Literary Themes for Students: The American Dream for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateSep 21, 2015
    ISBN9781535821421
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      A Study Guide for Henry James's "Daisy Miller" - Gale

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      Daisy Miller

      Henry James

      1878

      Introduction

      Exploring the conflict between concepts at the heart of the American dream—personal freedom and the social limitation others want to place on that freedom—Daisy Miller was a smashing success when originally published in 1878. It remains one of the most popular books written by author Henry James. The short novel established James's reputation as an author on both sides of the Atlantic, and he went on to further explore complex women in such celebrated novels as The Portrait of a Lady (1881).

      James had two significant inspirations for the tale he told in Daisy Miller. In the fall of 1877, he heard a story in Rome about a somewhat ignorant, unknowing American mother new to the ways of Europe. The mother allowed her daughter to befriend a Roman man, whom she introduced to new friends they met in the city. Because of their poor social choice, the mother and daughter suffered social outfall and were ostracized by other Americans living in the city. James also had a free-spirited cousin, Minny Temple, who, though dead for several years, was an inspiration for Daisy and many of his early female heroines.

      Daisy Miller was written early in 1878 while James was living in London. After being initially rejected by an American publisher, the novel was originally published as Daisy Miller: A Study in two parts by a British periodical, the Cornhill Magazine, in the summer of 1878. The story proved to be immediately popular. Because James failed to secure the American rights to the work right away, Daisy Miller was pirated by periodicals in Boston (Living Age) and New York (Home Journal) that same summer. An authorized American edition was finally put out that fall by Harper's, which also sold well. Over the years, Daisy Miller was republished several times in book form, with James making a number of alterations and revisions each time. The author made major revisions with the so-called New York Edition, published by Scribners in 1907–1909, which is the text used for the discussion

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