The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells

ISBN-13: 9781789542981 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 224 str.

Sarah Churchwell

Opis

An examination of Gone With the Wind, the myth of the Lost Cause and what they can tell us about American history and culture today.

An examination of Gone With the Wind, the myth of the Lost Cause and what they can tell us about American history and culture today.

Recenzje

'Eye-opening and at times jaw-dropping; a powerful reminder of the prejudices and suffering horrors of the recent past, and a call to arms to learn from the lessons of history. Highly recommended' Peter Frankopan

O autorze

Sarah Churchwell is Professorial Fellow in American Literature and Chair of Public Understanding of the Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. She is the author of Behold, America: A History of America First and the American Dream and Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and The Invention of The Great Gatsby. She was co-winner of the 2015 Eccles British Library Writer's Award and longlisted for the 2021 Orwell Prize for Journalism. She lives in London.