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1 online resource (xxiii, 265 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-253) and index. |
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What teachers (don't) say : a grounded theory approach to online discussions of To Kill a Mockingbird / James B. Kelley -- Multimedia Mockingbird : teaching Harper Lee's novel using technology / Derek Blair and Cecilia Donohue -- A soundtrack approach to teaching To Kill a Mockingbird / Christian Z. Goering and Cindy M. Williams -- Courthouse ring : Atticus Finch and the limits of southern liberalism / Malcolm Gladwell -- To Kill a Mockingbird : fifty years of influence on the legal profession / Ann Engar -- Bending the law : the search for justice and moral purpose / Jeffrey B. Wood -- Unlikely duos : paired characters in To Kill a Mockingbird / Robert C. Evans -- On reading To Kill a Mockingbird : fifty years later / Angela Shaw-Thornburg -- Spooks, masks, haints, and things that go bump in the night : fear and Halloween imagery in To Kill a Mockingbird / Michael J. Meyer -- "Rigid and time-honored code" : sport and identity in To Kill a Mockingbird / Carl F. Miller -- Symbolic justice : reading symbolism in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird / Jochem Riesthuis -- Walking in another's skin : failure of empathy in To Kill a Mockingbird / Katie Rose Guest Pryal -- "Enable us to look back" : performance and disability in To Kill a Mockingbird / Lisa Detweiler Miller -- "Just one kind of folks" : the normalizing power of disability in To Kill a Mockingbird / Hugh McElaney -- To Kill a Mockingbird perceptions of "the other" / Alec Gilmore. |
| Summary |
In 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird was published to critical acclaim. Harper Lee's only novel won the Pulitzer Prize and was transformed into a beloved film starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch. An American classic that frequently appears in middle school and high school curriculums, the novel has been subjected to criticism for its subject matter and language. Still relevant and meaningful, To Kill a Mockingbird has nonetheless been under-appreciated by many critics. There are few books that address Lee's novel's contribution to the American canon and still fewer that offer insights that can be used by teachers and by students. To commemorate the novel's 50th anniversary, Meyer has assembled a collection of new essays that celebrate this enduring work of American literature. These essays suggest that author Harper Lee deserves more credit for skillfully shaping a masterpiece that not only addresses the problems of the 1930s but also helps its readers see the problems and ... |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Lee, Harper. To kill a mockingbird.
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To kill a mockingbird (Lee, Harper) |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Drama.
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Meyer, Michael J., 1943-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Harper Lee's To kill a mockingbird Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2010. 9780810877221 (hardcover : alk. paper) (DLC) 2010020634 |
| ISBN |
9780810877238 ebook |
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0810877236 |
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9780810877221 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0810877228 hardcover alkaline paper |
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