{"id":16725,"date":"2022-08-03T13:25:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T11:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=212620"},"modified":"2022-08-04T11:31:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T09:31:08","slug":"gone-with-the-wind-how-a-1936-novel-explains-modern-america","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/gone-with-the-wind-how-a-1936-novel-explains-modern-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Gone with the Wind: how a 1936 novel explains modern America"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Elinor Evans\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 03 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Professor Sarah Churchwell discusses her new book The Wrath to Come<\/em>, which re-examines the controversial legacy of Margaret Mitchell\u2019s immensely popular 1936 novel Gone With The Wind<\/em>. Speaking with Rachel Dinning, she considers what it can tell us about American history and culture today, from the mythmaking that sprung up following the Civil War<\/a> to the origins of modern debates over racism and the far right in the United States.<\/p>\n\nhttps:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/HistoryExtra20220803-5b799c8.mp3<\/a><\/audio>

Sarah Churchwell is the author of The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells<\/em> (Apollo, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n