Read complete books and articles on: Margaret Mitchell

Mitchell, Margaret - 1900–1949, American novelist, b. Atlanta, Ga. Her one novel, Gone with the Wind (1936; Pulitzer Prize), a romantic, panoramic portrait of the Civil War and Reconstruction periods in Georgia, is one of the most popular novels in the history of American publishing. The film adaptation (1939) has also been extraordinarily successful.

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7 of the Best Books and Articles on: Margaret Mitchell

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Recasting: Gone with the Wind in American Culture » Read Now
by Darden Asbury Pyron. 234 pgs.

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This collection of essays comments on the pre-World War II culture of the United States, when David O. Selznick produced
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Insatiable Appetites: Twentieth-Century American Women's Bestsellers (Chap. 1 "Gone with the Wind: 'And the Cupboard Was Bare'") » Read Now
by Madonne M. Miner. 168 pgs.

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American Women Fiction Writers, 1900-1960, Vol. Two ("Margaret Mitchell, 1900-1949" begins on p. 88) » Read Now
by Harold Bloom. 176 pgs.

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Part of an ongoing series covering the texts and lives of the most important women writers of English, this book contains introductory essays by Harold Bloom and provides biographical information, a wide selection of critical excerpts, and complete bibliographies of 11 authors.
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Fifty Southern Writers after 1900: A Bio-bibliographical Sourcebook ("Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949)" begins on p. 324) » Read Now
by Joseph M. Flora, Robert Bain. 630 pgs.

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..."The scholarship is meticulous and the essays are lucid and perceptive..." Library Journal
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American Women Writers, 1900-1945: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook ("Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949)" begins on p. 240) » Read Now
by Laurie Champion, Emmanuel S. Nelson. 412 pgs.

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Women writers have been traditionally excluded from literary canons, not until recently have scholars begun to rediscover or discover neglected women writers and their works. This reference includes alphabetically arranged entries on 58 American women authors who wrote between 1900 and 1945, a...
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Women writers have been traditionally excluded from literary canons, not until recently have scholars begun to rediscover or discover neglected women writers and their works. This reference includes alphabetically arranged entries on 58 American women authors who wrote between 1900 and 1945, a period that embraces two major artistic movements, Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a review of the author's critical reception, and extensive primary and secondary bibliographies. The volume reflects the diversity of American culture through its coverage of African American, Native American, Mexican American, and Chinese American women writers.
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Women in Literature: Reading through the Lens of Gender ("What It Means to Be a Lady: Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind (1936)" begins on p. 118) » Read Now
by Jerilyn Fisher, Ellen S. Silber. 358 pgs.

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This unique reference offers alternate approaches to reading traditional literature, as well as suggestions for expanding the canon to include more gender sensitive works. Covering 96 of the most frequently taught works of fiction, essays offer teachers, librarians, and students fresh insights into the female perspective in literature.
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Scarlett O'Hara as Confederate Woman, in West Virginia University Philological Papers » Read Now
by Katherine Lane Antolini. 13 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library