Maggie's Morceau: America and Human Commodities in The Golden Bowl
Symbiosis 7.2 179-200
Author: C. Brook Miller
Pages: 24
'Maggie’s Morceau: America and Human Commodities in The Golden Bowl' by C. Brook Miller, offers a detailed analysis of Henry James’s novel 'The Golden Bowl.' Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay explores the complex dynamics of American-European marriages and the commodification of culture and individuals in James's narrative. Miller examines the motifs of imperial legitimacy, commodification, and representation, linking them to broader themes of American capitalism and its impact on European cultural traditions. This scholarly work is essential for readers interested in literary criticism, transatlantic studies, and the interplay between culture and economics in literature.
Symbiosis 7.2 179-200
Author: C. Brook Miller
Pages: 24
'Maggie’s Morceau: America and Human Commodities in The Golden Bowl' by C. Brook Miller, offers a detailed analysis of Henry James’s novel 'The Golden Bowl.' Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay explores the complex dynamics of American-European marriages and the commodification of culture and individuals in James's narrative. Miller examines the motifs of imperial legitimacy, commodification, and representation, linking them to broader themes of American capitalism and its impact on European cultural traditions. This scholarly work is essential for readers interested in literary criticism, transatlantic studies, and the interplay between culture and economics in literature.
Symbiosis 7.2 179-200
Author: C. Brook Miller
Pages: 24
'Maggie’s Morceau: America and Human Commodities in The Golden Bowl' by C. Brook Miller, offers a detailed analysis of Henry James’s novel 'The Golden Bowl.' Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay explores the complex dynamics of American-European marriages and the commodification of culture and individuals in James's narrative. Miller examines the motifs of imperial legitimacy, commodification, and representation, linking them to broader themes of American capitalism and its impact on European cultural traditions. This scholarly work is essential for readers interested in literary criticism, transatlantic studies, and the interplay between culture and economics in literature.
 "The Golden Bowl deploys several motifs to render an analogy between American-European marriage and the threat posed by American capitalism to European culture. Images of imperial legitimacy; tropes of commodification, public visibility and representation; and images of authorship relate cultural artefacts to the interpersonal relations that govern two marriages of American wealth to European culture. James situates these motifs among reflections about modern economic values that transform the relationship between subjectivity and commodities in capitalist societies. The dramatic action of the narrative, understood thematically, involves control over the split, commodified subjects who embody European culture." |
