Title: A study of Scarletts
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.
Subjects: Women in literature, Social role in literature, Man-woman relationships in literature, Female friendship in literature, Friendship in literature, Authors, american, Scarlett O'Hara (Fictitious character)
People: Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949), Charles Frazier (1950-), Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (1873-1945), Toni Morrison (1931-2019), Kat Meads (1951-), Scarlett O'Hara (Fictitious character)