While there are many noble characters in the pantheon of Southern fiction, few have the iconic standing of Harper Lee’s Atticus Finch. Since the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird more than 50 ...

Long a hero to millions of readers, Atticus Finch is a conflicted figure these days. Is the fictional lawyer the kind father and noble hero of Harper Lee’s first novel “To Kill a Mockingbird ...

Atticus Finch is a racist. But the summary rejection of a book based on how it develops a character says more about the rejector than it does Atticus or Lee. Universal Pictures In Kakutani's ...

Long a hero to millions of readers, Atticus Finch is a conflicted figure these days. Is the fictional lawyer the kind father and noble hero of Harper Lee's first novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," a ...

That said, it’s hard to believe the character of Atticus Finch, the character who “did ... are doing exactly what Harper Lee has always wanted us to do with her work- allow her words to ...

MONROEVILLE, Ala.—The revelation that Harper Lee’s novel “Go Set a Watchman” depicts Atticus Finch as a segregationist has prompted dismay among many awaiting the book’s release ...

Harper Lee could not figure it out. Nor could Atticus Finch, who asks in the novel: "Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don't ...

Ever since the announcement in February that a second novel by Harper Lee had been found among ... have known that small-town Alabama lawyer Atticus Finch would become a symbol of the nation ...

NEW YORK -- Harper Lee's unexpected new novel offers an unexpected and startling take on an American literary saint, Atticus Finch. "Go Set a Watchman" is set in the 1950s, 20 years after Lee's ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...