what is the genre of this book?
Southern Gothic and a "Bildungsroman"
To Kill a Mockingbird
Scholars have characterized "To Kill a Mockingbird" as both a Southern Gothic and a "Bildungsroman".
synopsis of the book to kill a mockingbird Jem and Scout's father Atticus, a middle-aged lawyer, is appointed  to defend Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of raping a young white woman Mayella, and he establishes that Mayella made sexual advances toward Tom but the jury convicts Tom regardless and later Tom is shot and killed while trying to escape from prison who is the author? Harper Lee
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To Kill a Mockingbird [SEP] Genres
Scholars have characterized "To Kill a Mockingbird" as both a Southern Gothic and a "Bildungsroman". The grotesque and near-supernatural qualities of Boo Radley and his house, and the element of racial injustice involving Tom Robinson, contribute to the aura of the Gothic in the novel. Lee used the term "Gothic" to describe the architecture of Maycomb's courthouse and in regard to Dill's exaggeratedly morbid performances as Boo Radley. Outsiders are also an important element of Southern Gothic texts and Scout and Jem's questions about the hierarchy in the town cause scholars to compare the novel to "Catcher in the Rye" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".