Gone with the Wind

ISBN-13: 9781844578719 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 104 str.

Helen Taylor

Opis

Gone with the Wind (1939) is one of the greatest films of all time - the best-known of Hollywood's Golden Age and a work that has, in popular imagination, defined southern American history for three-quarters of a century. Drawing on three decades of pertinent research, Helen Taylor charts the film's production history, reception and legacy.

Spis treści

Foreword.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Selznick's Folly: How Gone With the Wind was Made.- 3. The Greatest Star England Ever Gave Hollywood: Britain and the Search for Scarlett.- 4. The Racial Politics of Gone With the Wind.- 5. Scarlett and Rhett Destined or Doomed?- Conclusion.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Filmography.

O autorze

Helen Taylor is Emeritus Professor in English at the University of Exeter, UK. She is passionate about young children's learning and developing positive attitudes towards mathematics. She taught in a number of primary schools in Kent and Essex and was a deputy head teacher.