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Week 4.1: Henry James, Daisy Miller


Reading:
Henry James (324-7), Daisy Miller: A Study, 342-61
James, "The Art of Fiction," 584-6

Study Questions:
1. Discuss how Daisy Miller achieves much  its dramatic tension through point of view. What seems to be the central conflict of the text?

2. The Norton Anthology refers to James's international theme. Often times this takes the form of opposing American innocence to European corruption. How might we see this at work in Daisy Miller?