Hocks is an American author and educator who has written extensively on Henry James. In the following essay, he examines Daisy Miller from the perspective of one hundred years of criticism. Highlighting developments in critical perspective and revisions in James's thoughts on the novel, he explores the characters of Daisy and Winterbourne and the thematic issues that they raise.

In the following essay, Weisbuch analyzes Winterbourne's flawed perception of Daisy and the world around him, and compares him to other bachelors in modern literature.

In the following essay, Weisbuch examines Winterbourne as a literary type—the bachelor—whose misogyny, obsessiveness, and self-absorption are his defining characteristics.

In the following essay, Wardley explores the role of flirtation in Daisy Miller.

In the following essay, Randall examines the role of manners in Daisy Miller.

In the following essay, Randall maintains that Daisy Miller satirizes the mores and manners of late nineteenth-century American society.

In the following essay, Deakin places the character of Daisy Miller within the European tradition.

Deakin is an American author and educator. In the following essay, he places Daisy Miller within the tradition of European literary heroines found in the works of Turgenev, Cherbuliez, George Sand, and Mme de Sta&7, and argues that, in these contexts, Daisy is symbolic of the ideal of dom.

In the following essay, Kennedy examines the character of Winterbourne, concluding that he is puritanical and hypocritical

In the following essay, Ohmann analyzes James's portrayal of Daisy Miller, contending that his attitude toward his protagonist changes over the course of the novella.

Ohmann was an American author and educator. In the following essay, she argues that James' attitude toward Daisy shifts over the course of the novella, beginning as a comedy of manners critical of Daisy and ending as a poetical treatment of her innocence.

In the following essay, Kennedy characterizes Winterbourne as a "Puritan romantic" whose repression and hypocrisy lead to sexual predation.

In the following essay, Wilson and Westbrook investigate the metaphysical aspects of Daisy Miller, as well as its resemblance to certain mythological stories.

In the following excerpt, Edel discusses public reaction to Daisy Miller.

In the following essay, Kirk argues that James's narrative strategy in Daisy Miller is designed to promote alternate and even contradictory interpretations of characters and themes in the novel.

In the following essay, Kirk examines stylistic aspects of Daisy Miller, focusing on James's use of ambivalence in the characters of Daisy and Winterbourne.

Draper is an English author and educator. In the following essay, he studies the character of Winterbourne, and demonstrates the ways in which he is the central figure in Daisy Miller.

In the following essay, Martin and Ober provide a thematic and stylistic analysis of Daisy Miller.

In the following essay, Houghton explores the role of illness in James's novella, maintaining that many Americans visiting Europe become ill in the story "not so much because of any objective circumstances in the new environment but as a result of attitudes the Americans take toward that environment."

In the following essay, Houghton examines the theme of illness as a manifestation of cultural difference in Daisy Miller.

In the following essay, Barnett asserts that James proposes more options for women in Daisy Miller than in any of his other stories or novels.

Holloway is an English author and educator. In the following essay, he discusses the evolution of theme in Daisy Miller, claiming that the novella dramatizes "the fate of innocence in a devious and sophisticated world," but agrees with James in the assessment that the story is more a poetic than a critical study of Daisy's character.

In the following essay, Barnett compares the limitations society places on women with Winterbourne's self-imposed social and personal restrictions.

In the following essay, Wood records her impressions of Daisy Miller, noting that Daisy, as an example of the typical American girl, is ultimately 'public property"—little more than an object to be acted upon.

In the following essay, Gargano contends that Daisy Miller, considered as Winterbourne's and not Daisy's story, is "essentially the study of a young man's quest for innocence, a virtue for which his society has alienated itself '

In the following excerpt, Hocks maintains that Daisy Miller is truly the story of the making of a Europeanized American.

Volpe is an American author and educator. In the following essay, he refutes the tradition that Daisy Miller was poorly received by critics, citing instead the social uproar it created and its effect of perturbing readers, rather than critics, nationwide.

McElderry was an American educator and critic whose studies focus predominantly on the works of such American realists as Mark Twain, Henry James, and Thomas Wolfe. In the following essay, McElderry reveals James' intention of portraying Daisy as innocent by quoting a letter he wrote on the subject soon after the publication of his novella

In the following excerpt, James discusses the inspiration for his novella Daisy Miller, and the difference between his original, real-life observations of character and the final product of his art.

Howells, James's editor and literary agent for much of the author's career, was the chief progenitor of American Realism and one of the most influential American literary critics of the late nineteenth century. Through realism, a theory central to his fiction and criticism, he aimed to disperse "the conventional acceptations by which men live on easy terms with themselves" so that they might "examine the grounds of their social and moral opinions. " In the followin...

In the following essay, Dunbar traces the development of James's novella.

In the following excerpt, Booth discusses the importance of Winterbourne as narrator.