Scarlett's Women - 'Gone With the Wind' and its Female Fans

One of the most successful books ever published and the basis of one of the most popular and highly praised Hollywood films of all time, Gone With the Wind has entered world culture in a way that few other stories have. Seventy-five years on from the cinematic release of Gone with the Wind , Helen Taylor looks at the reasons why the book and film have had such an appeal, especially for women. Drawing on letters and questionnaires from female fans, she brings together material from southern history, literature, film and feminist theory and discusses the themes of the Civil War and issues of race. She has previously written Gender, Race and Region in the writings of Grace King, Ruth McEnery Stuart and Kate Chopin and The Daphne Du Maurier Companion .

Product details

• Authors: Helen Taylor, Taylor Helen
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.03.2014
• EAN: 9780349005119
• ISBN: 978-0-349-00511-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 125 mm x 192 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, Feminism & feminist theory, United States of America, USA, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Feminism and feminist theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Gender studies: women and girls, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form