{"product_id":"mockingbird-grows-up-michele-reutter-9798895271018","title":"Mockingbird Grows Up: Re-Reading Harper Lee since Watchman","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel \u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e has attracted a great deal of scholarly and popular attention due to its engaging narrative and broad appeal to a sense of justice, little has been done to examine the modern classic through the lens of Lee's controversial \"lost\" novel \u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e, published unexpectedly a year before the author's death. In \u003ci\u003eMockingbird Grows Up: Re-Reading Harper Lee since Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e, Cheli Reutter and Jonathan S. Cullick assemble a team of scholars to take on the task of interpreting, contextualizing, and deconstructing \u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e in the wake of \u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e. The essays contained in this groundbreaking volume cover a range of literary topics, such as race, sexuality, language, and reading contexts. Critically, the volume revisits the question of African American characterization in Lee's work and reexamines the development of Atticus Finch, a character long believed to be an exemplar of justice and virtue in Lee's fiction. And perhaps most imperative, the editors take on questions regarding the publication of \u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e, and Holly Blackford contributes an essay that places \u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e within the pantheon of American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiterary scholars, educators, and those interested in southern literature will appreciate the new light this publication sheds on a classic American novel. \u003ci\u003eMockingbird Grows Up\u003c\/i\u003e offers a deeper understanding of a canonical American work and prepares a new generation to engage with Harper Lee's appealing prose, complex characters, and influential metaphors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michele Reutter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798895271018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Tennessee Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Michele Reutter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801278755071,"sku":"9798895271018","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mockingbird-grows-up-michele-reutter-9798895271018","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}