A study of Scarletts
Subtitle: Scarlett O'Hara and her literary daughters
By: Margaret Donovan Bauer
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Columbia, South Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781611173734; 9781611173741
Subjects: Women in literature; Social role in literature; Man-woman relationships in literature; Female friendship in literature
Other titles: Scarlett O'Hara and her literary daughters
Description: Bauer provides a more sympathetic reading of Scarlett as a young woman who refuses to accept social limitations based on gender and seeks to be loved for who she is, Bauer examines Scarlett-like characters in other novels. These intertextual readings serve both to develop further a less critical, more compassionate reading of Scarlett O'Hara and to expose societal prejudices against strong women.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-151) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: In defense of Scarlett O'Hara; title: Gone with the men: Scarlett and Melanie redux in Cold Mountain; title: "Put your heart in the land": an intertextual reading of Barren ground and Gone with the wind; title: Sula: "more sinned against than sinning"; title: "Disregarding the female imperative": Kat Meads's Kitty Duncan, a 1960s-era Scarlett O'Hara; title: Afterword.