Daisy Miller A Transatlantic Novella of American Innocence, European Manners, and Roman Scandal
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
19.11.2023
Verlag
Sharp InkSeitenzahl
144
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/0,9 cm
Gewicht
220 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-80-283-3323-2
Daisy Miller is one of Henry James's most finely poised studies of transatlantic encounter, social perception, and moral ambiguity. Set chiefly in Vevey and Rome, the novella follows the lively American heiress Daisy through the fascinated yet anxious gaze of Frederick Winterbourne. James's prose is elegant, ironic, and psychologically exact, turning a seemingly simple tale of flirtation and scandal into a subtle inquiry into innocence, convention, and misreading. Published in 1878, it stands at the center of James's "international theme," dramatizing the collision between American spontaneity and European codes of decorum. Henry James, born in New York in 1843 and long resident in Europe, was uniquely positioned to examine the cultural tensions that animate the story. His cosmopolitan upbringing, extensive travel, and lifelong interest in consciousness and manners shaped his fiction's distinctive intelligence. Daisy Miller reflects James's acute awareness of expatriate society, especially its judgments, anxieties, and often cruel enforcement of propriety. Readers seeking a concise masterpiece of psychological realism will find Daisy Miller indispensable. It rewards attention to nuance, gesture, and implication, offering both a vivid portrait of a young woman and a lasting critique of social interpretation.
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