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, Academic OneFile, Wilson OmniFile FullText Mega, 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)