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Cover of To Kill a Mockingbird

Postwar · Novel

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee. A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Harper Lee examining race, justice, childhood; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.

Date
1960
Origin
United States
Era
Postwar
Genre
Novel
Difficulty
Moderate
Length
Medium
Collection
The Western Canon

Subjects and themes

Why it matters

A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Harper Lee examining race, justice, childhood; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.

This work is included in the collection on the basis of expanded synthesis: bloom / great books / modern library / revised canon. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.