Reading and Interpreting the Works of Harper Lee

For most of her life, Harper Lee was (reluctantly) famous for her classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee''s newest book, Go Set a Watchman, caused quite a media frenzy even before its publication. This text examines how Lee’s Southern background (she was a descendant of General Robert E. Lee) and racial tensions in the Deep South during that time came together to influence the plot, characters, ...