Gone with the Wind and The Lost Cause

Name

Caitlin Hall, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow

Publication Date

4-10-2019

Major

English (B.A.)

Document Type and Release Option

Thesis (open access)

Faculty Mentor

Dr. Joe Pellegrino

Abstract

Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind is usually considered a sympathetic portrayal of the suffering and deprivation endured by Southerners during the Civil War. I argue the opposite, that Mitchell is subverting the Southern Myth of the Lost Cause, exposing it as hollow and ultimately self-defeating.

Recommended Citation

Hall, Caitlin, "Gone with the Wind and The Lost Cause" (2019). Honors College Theses. 407.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/honors-theses/407