What is it about the name of Daisy, I wonder, that attracted two of our greatest writers, Henry James and Scott Fitzgerald? Shall we get some of the most obvious things out of the way? Fresh as. Simplicity. Guilelessness. Carelessness. Add, extreme youthfulness, which is true of Daisy Miller, whose age is never given in the book, but who is very likely still a teenager. Daisy Buchanan, though we see glimpses of her at eighteen, is the ripe old age of twenty-six in
Daisies in the Field (of Literature)
Daisies in the Field (of Literature)
Daisies in the Field (of Literature)
What is it about the name of Daisy, I wonder, that attracted two of our greatest writers, Henry James and Scott Fitzgerald? Shall we get some of the most obvious things out of the way? Fresh as. Simplicity. Guilelessness. Carelessness. Add, extreme youthfulness, which is true of Daisy Miller, whose age is never given in the book, but who is very likely still a teenager. Daisy Buchanan, though we see glimpses of her at eighteen, is the ripe old age of twenty-six in