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Scarlett's Women (Paperback, New)
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Scarlett's Women (Paperback, New)
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One of the most successful books ever published and the basis of
one of the most popular and highly praised Hollywood films, Gone
with the Wind has entered world culture in a way that few other
stories have. The book was published in June 1936; the film
premiered on December 15, 1939. The book has sold 25 million
copies, has been translated into twenty-seven languages, and won
the 1936 Pulitzer Prize. The film received eight Oscars and has
been called the greatest movie ever made. Everyone has heard of
GWTW. Most of us have seen the movie or read the novel. In this
entertaining and informative book, Helen Taylor is the first to
seek reasons for the film/novel's success among viewers/readers.
The author asked GWTW fans to relate their experiences with the
works, to explain their fascination with the story, to describe the
impact GWTW has had on their lives. The results are astonishing and
illuminating. In the United States and England, where the author
conducted her research, women have to a remarkable degree claimed
the story Margaret Mitchell wrote as their own. They name their
children Rhett and Scarlett. They see in the lives of the men and
women of GWTW their own lives, their own restlessness, their own
aspirations for something better than marriage and motherhood.
Helen Taylor not only explains the enduring appeal of the work, but
also identifies different kinds of response at particular
historical moments (especially World War II) and through the past
five decades by women of different classes, races, and generations.
The author also looks at the contemporary implications of the
work's political conservatism, racism,
and--paradoxically--feminism. The result is a book that is
sophisticated, accessible, and revealing. Scarlett's Women is a
book for eery fan, and for all students of film and popular
culture.
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