Issue:

№8 2020

УДК / UDK: 82.0
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22455/2541-7894-2020-8-32-97

Author: Denis V. Zakharov
About the author:

Denis V. Zakharov (PhD in History, freelance researcher, Moscow, Russia)

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Abstract:

On July 11, 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird was published in the United States. This novel had a huge impact on American society, becoming the second most popular book after the Bible. The author received a Pulitzer prize for it and many other honors and awards. However, a new book from Harper Lee had to wait longer than half a century. Go Set a Watchman was a sequel of To Kill a Mockingbird, but chronologically it was created first. Both novels were the focus of interest of domestic researchers, while other works by Harper Lee still remain little-known and unexplored in Russian literary studies. Thе paper introduces all works ever published by Harper Lee in USA since 1937 to 2006, and gives the list of Lee's manuscripts which could be discovered in the future. The bibliographic descriptions are arranged in chronological order and contain fragments from unknown works by Harper Lee. The presented list gives an opportunity to get acquainted with the content of “small forms” in which the author worked throughout her life. These are essays, parodies, one-act plays, poems, satirical columns, open letters, etc. The paper is dedicated to the sixtieth anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee's first novel.

Keywords: Nelle Harper Lee, Truman Capote, American literature, early works, unknown pieces by Harper Lee, American periodicals, literary history.
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