This guide lists selected sources for library criticism of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

Reference Books

• Contemporary Literary Criticism (Ref PN 771 .C59) Volume: Pages
  • 12: 34-42
  • 60: 240-250
  • 194: 81-149
• Novels for Students (Ref PN 3385 .N68) Volume: Pages
  • 2: 285-307

General Collection Books (may be checked out)

• Bloom, Harold, ed. Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2004. (PS 3562 .E353 T6335 2004)
• Johnson, Claudia Durst. Understanding 'To Kill a Mockingbird': A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historic Documents. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1994. (PS 3562 .E353 T638 1994)
• Johnson, Claudia. 'To Kill a Mockingbird': Threatening Boundaries. New York: Twayne, 1994. (PS 3562 .E353 T634 1994)
• Mancini, Candice. Racism in Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' Detroit: Greenhaven, 2008. (PS 3562 .E353 T645)
• Shields, Charles. Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee. New York: Henry Holt, 2006. (PS 3562 .E353 Z94 2006)

E-Books

• Sova, Dawn. To Kill a Mockingbird. Lincoln: Cliffs Notes, 1984. netLibrary.

Online Resources (Reference Articles and Databases)

• Literature Resource Center An archive of biographies, Literary Criticism, Articles, Work Overviews and Additional Resources (web sites). (An Author or Title search yields useful results. Note the top tabs.)
• Literature Online An archive of select literary works, biographies, reference, criticism, and autoritative web sites. (Quick Search: To Kill a Mockingbird. Be sure to check KnowledgeNotes™ Student Guides in the Reference section.)

Articles

Use periodical databases, such as Academic Search Premier, Masterfile Premier, JSTOR, for recent journal articles like those posted below.

• "Being Atticus Finch: The Professional Role of Empathy in 'To Kill a Mockingbird.'" Harvard Law Review 117 (2004): 1682-1702.
• Champion, Laurie. "Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird.'" The Explicator 61 (2003): 234-245.
• Crespino, Joseph. "The Strange Career of Atticus Finch." Southern Cultures 6 (2000): 9-.
• Horvet, Theodore and Grace-Ann Howard. "'Fine Fancy Gentlemen' and 'Yappy Folk': Contending Voices in 'To Kill a Mockingbird.'" Southern Quarterly 40 (2001): 67-78.
• Shackleford, Dean. "The Female Voice in 'To Kill a Mockingbird: Narrative Strategies in Film and Novel.': The Mississippi Quarterly 50 (1996): 101-113.

DVDs, VHS & STREAMING VIDEO

• To Kill a Mockingbird. Screenplay by Horton Foote; a Pakula-Mulligan, Brentwood Productions picture. VHS. Universal City, Ca: Universal. (PN 1997 .T6132 1998) GENERAL COLLECTION.
• To Kill a Mockingbird. Directed by Robert Mulligan; produced by Alan J. Pakula; screenplay by Horton Foote. VHS. Universal City, CA MCA Home Video. (PN 1997 .T613 1987) CIRCULATION DESK
• Writing and Censorship. Production of TVOntario. Princeton, NJ. 2006. Films for the Humanities & Sciences. Electronic Resource Collection. STREAMING VIDEO.

WEB SOURCES

• BookRags. Includes literature summaries, biographies, literary criticism, essays, encyclopedias, and eBooks. To Kill a Mockingbird. (http://www.bookrags.com/)
• enotes. Contemporary Literary Criticism. To Kill a Mockingbird. (http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-literary-criticism/ )
• Literary History.com. Academic, scholarly, and critical articles of American poets, novelists, playwrights, and essaysists. Harper Lee. (http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Lee.htm)