If Twitter can be seen as representative of broader cultural attitudes, the news surrounding Go Set a Watchman, a novel Harper Lee penned before To Kill a Mockingbird but guarded closely for decades, was received positively -- at first. Most enthused responses weren't elicited by the content of Lee's story, which will be told from the vantage point of an adult Scout -- Mockingbird's brave young protagonist. Instead, cheers sounded for the author, and for her first book, which so many of us assoc...
Is The New Harper Lee Novel A Mistake?: Author Idolatry And 'Go Set a Watchman'
The Huffington Post - 5 Feb 2015 21:03
If Twitter can be seen as representative of broader cultural attitudes, the news surrounding Go Set a Watchman, a novel Harper Lee penned before To Kill a Mockingbird but guarded closely for decades, was received positively -- at first. Most enthused responses weren't elicited by the content of Lee's story, which will be told from the vantage point of an adult Scout -- Mockingbird's brave young protagonist. Instead, cheers sounded for the author, and for her first book, which so many of us assoc...
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