To Kill a Mockingbird (Censorship (Ready Reference series))
At a glance:
- Author: Harper Lee
- First Published: 1960
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: African Americans, Girls, Justice, Maturation or coming of age, Segregation or integration, Children, Parents and children, Racism, South or Southerners, Prejudices or antipathies, 1930’s, Trials, Rape, Law or legislation, Violence, Fathers, Lawyers, Small-town life, Alabama, Heroes or heroism, Toleration
- Locales: South (U.S.), Maycomb, AL
The Work
When To Kill a Mockingbird first appeared in 1960, most critics praised it; the following year it won several awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. Set in a small Southern town in the 1930’s, the novel focuses on the trial of an African American man accused of raping a white woman; it is narrated by the young daughter of the man’s defense lawyer. The novel rapidly found a niche in young adult literature collections; by the mid- 1960’s it was widely read in junior and senior high school English classes. At the same time, however, some parents objected to...
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