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While the link to the real life murder mystery is tenuous at best, still an enjoyable read. Particularly enjoyed the bits that dealt with the. Decades influence on language
 
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cspiwak | 10 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 6, 2024 |
I recently read "The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells" by Sarah Churchwell and was thoroughly impressed by the depth and insight of the book. Churchwell, a professor of American literature and cultural history, offers a nuanced and provocative analysis of "Gone with the Wind" and its enduring appeal in American culture. She examines how the novel and its film adaptation have shaped and reflected America's ideas about race, gender, and history, and how they have perpetuated harmful myths and lies about the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement.

One of the strengths of "The Wrath to Come" is Churchwell's writing, which is clear and engaging, making the book accessible to a wide audience. She presents a well-researched and thought-provoking analysis of the novel and its cultural significance, drawing on a range of sources and perspectives. The book is particularly relevant in today's political climate, as debates about race and history continue to be at the forefront of the national conversation. Overall, "The Wrath to Come" is a must-read for anyone interested in American literature and cultural history, and for anyone looking to better understand the enduring appeal and impact of "Gone with the Wind".
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064 | Dec 29, 2022 |
This ambitious book about the origins of F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a tour de force account of the US in the 1920s. Not only did Fitzgerald give a name to the time, the Jazz Age, he lived it and wrote about it. He was the chronicler of the era.

I am a Fitzgerald fan but anyone interested in literature, the 1920s and history will enjoy this book. Sarah Churchwell combines biographical details of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald’s hedonistic alcohol-fuelled and chaotic lives, the days of (alcohol) Prohibition, and a double murder that dominated headlines for years. She brings together these disparate elements into a cohesive and comprehensive account.

A Princeton friend of Fitzgerald’s, Alec McKaig, wrote after visiting Scott and Zelda: “Called on Scott Fitz and his bride. Latter temperamental small town, Southern Belle. Chews gum – shows knees. I do not think marriage can succeed. Both drinking heavily. Think they will be divorced in three years. Scott write something big – then die in a garret at 32.” His words were prescient: the marriage survived on paper but they lived separate lives after Zelda’s breakdown, and he wrote something big. The Great Gatsby is one of the great American novels made into a movie four times (1926, 1949, 1974, 2013). It’s a story of illusion, romance and death.
Churchwell shows how current events inspired events in the novel. One of those was the murder of New Jersey lovers Reverend Edward Wheeler Hall, 41 and Eleanor Reinhardt Mills, 34, wife of Hall’s church janitor and singer in the choir, Jimmy Mills, 45. Churchwell makes the link with The Great Gatsby clear. But the double murder has more space than it needed and slows the pace. Besides that minor drawback, Careless People is full of interesting information. The Fitzgeralds were the first American celebrities who lived life large and loud. Their story – like that of the eponymous Gatsby – was tragic; Churchwell tells it well.
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Neil_333 | 10 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 28, 2020 |
Good book
I was about to skim the last 200 pages of the book, but decided to read it. The author who is an American academic who teaches at a U. K. college,
traces the history of two phrases: the American dream and America first
The first is associated with liberals; the second with conservatives, and she tracks the first to the 1920s,the second to the birth of the country. She ,closes the book with an attack on the Trumps.

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annbury | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Aug 3, 2019 |

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