40 min
Ep.0.3: Gone with the Wind Let There Be Lit
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- Christianity
It’s one of the bestselling books of all time, has been translated into 35 languages, sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide, won a Pulitzer Prize, and the film version earned eight Academy Awards in 1939. Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind is, by definition, a successful, influential work of fiction that’s been absorbed into American pop culture. But what if that influence comes at the expense of historical accuracy or, even worse, at the expense of an entire people group? In this Southern epic novel, what do we miss when the African-American perspective can only be interpreted through the perspective of their masters? Listen in as we discuss, criticize and reframe Gone with the Wind.
It’s one of the bestselling books of all time, has been translated into 35 languages, sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide, won a Pulitzer Prize, and the film version earned eight Academy Awards in 1939. Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind is, by definition, a successful, influential work of fiction that’s been absorbed into American pop culture. But what if that influence comes at the expense of historical accuracy or, even worse, at the expense of an entire people group? In this Southern epic novel, what do we miss when the African-American perspective can only be interpreted through the perspective of their masters? Listen in as we discuss, criticize and reframe Gone with the Wind.
40 min