{"product_id":"understanding-to-kill-a-mockingbird-a-student-casebook-to-issues-sources-and-historic-documents-hardcover","title":"Understanding to Kill a Mockingbird: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historic Documents - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClaudia Durst Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird is a novel of such profound power that it has affected the lives of readers and left and indelible mark on American culture. This rich collection of historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary captures the essence of the novel's impact, making it an ideal resource for students, teachers, and library media specialists. Drawing on multi-disciplinary sources, the casebook places the issues of race, censorship, stereotyping, and heroism into sharp perspective. Through these documents, the reader also gains a taste for the historical events which influenced the novel as well as the novel's relevance in today's world. Among the documents which speak most eloquently are testimony from the Scottsboro Case of the 1930s, memoirs and interviews with African Americans and whites who grew up in Alabama in the 1930s, and news stories on civil rights activities in Alabama in the 1950s. Most of the documents presented are available in no other printed form. Study questions, project ideas, and bibliographies are also included for ease of use in further examination of the issues raised by the novel. Thirteen historical photographs complement the text. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing a literary analysis of issues raised by the novel, the casebook opens with testimony and newspaper articles from the 1930s Alabama Scottsboro Case. The significant parallels of this case to the novel paint a social and historical background of the novel. Memoirs and interviews with African Americans and whites who grew up in Alabama in the 1930s further complete the historical landscape. Articles and news stories from the 1950s depict the increasingly tense, volatile environment in which the novel was written and published. Documents examine the stereotypes of the poor white, the African American, and the southern belle; and how the novel allows the reader to walk around in the shoes of those who have been stereotyped. More current articles examine the legal, literary, and ethical ramifications of the novel. These articles include a debate between lawyers over whether Atticus Finch was a hero, and discussion of attempts to censor the novel.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCLAUDIA DURST JOHNSON is Professor of English at the University of Alabama, where she chaired the English Department for 12 years. She is the author of the forthcoming volumes in the Greenwood Press \u003ci\u003eLiterature in Context \u003c\/i\u003eseries, \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding the Scarlet Letter \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also author of\u003ci\u003e To Kill a Mockingbird: Threatening Boundaries \u003c\/i\u003e(1994), \u003ci\u003eAmerican Actress. Perspective on the Nineteenth Century\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), (with Vernon E. Johnson) \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of the Nineteenth-Century Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e (Greenwood, 1982), \u003ci\u003eThe Productive Tension of Hawthorne's Art\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), and (with Henry Jacobs) \u003ci\u003eAn Annotated Bibliography of Shakespearean Burlesques, Parodies, and Travesties\u003c\/i\u003e (1976), as well as numerous articles on American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 9.62 x 6.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 22, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773876994336,"sku":"9780313291937","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1c428ae6a08948b98a13657d2a8f8d13_22c2a4ec-b0ab-41ae-a246-350e97fa1cc1.webp?v=1780434900","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/understanding-to-kill-a-mockingbird-a-student-casebook-to-issues-sources-and-historic-documents-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}