Honors College Theses
Date
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