Eco Feminism

THE CLASH OF CULTURES IN HENRY JAMES: THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY, THE WINGS OF THE DOVE AND DAISY MILLER

MASTER’S PROJECT

UNIVERSITY OF CONSTANCE FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY DEPT. OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE

WRITTEN BY

MONICA O. V. IKE

1st EXAMINER: Dr. M. REIF-HÜLSER 2nd EXAMINER: Dr. Prof. ASSMANN

CONSTANCE, APRIL 1998

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I want to express my gratitude to all the people who somehow have been a help and an encouragement in this work. To my parents for allowing me to come to Germany for further studies. To my examiners Prof. Assmann and Dr. Monika Reif-Hülser, but espacially to Dr. Reif-Hülser, for all her encouragements and support not only to make this project a success, but also to help me finish my studies here successfully. My gratitude goes to all my friends, relatives and acquaintances, who prayed me through this work, May God reward you all.

CONTENTS
1. i. ii. iii. 2. i. 3. i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. 4. INTRODUCTION WHAT IS CULTURE HENRY JAMES’S CONCEPT OF CULTURE CULTURE SYNONYMOUS WITH CIVILISATION? THE LIFE HISTORY OF HENRY JAMES HIS WORKS CLASH OF CULTURE IN EACH OF THE THREE NOVELS BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY CLASH OF CULTURE IN THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE WINGS OF THE DOVE THE CLASH OF CULTURE IN THE WINGS OF THE DOVE BRIEF SUMMARY OF DAISY MILLER THE CLASH OF CULTURE IN DAISY MILLER THE COMPARISON OF THE CLASH OF CULTURES IN THE PORTRAIT, THE WINGS AND DAISY MILLER CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY

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1. INTRODUCTION
The Portrait of a Lady is said to be James’s masterpiece, while Daisy Miller recorded more success among his short stories. The Wings of the Dove came later as a sort of completion of what James started in The Portrait of a Lady so to say. It seemed as if James, after the overwhelming success he procured with Daisy Miller, got more ‘wind in his sails’ to dare to make a big step into writing a big novel. It was quoted

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