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FAST FACTS Author's Works and Themes: Shirley Jackson ““Author's Works and Themes: Shirley Jackson.” Gale, 2019, www.gale.com. Writings by Shirley Jackson • The Road through the Wall (novel) 1948 • The Lottery; or, The Adventures of James Harris (short stories) 1949 • Hangsaman (novel) 1951 • Life among the Savages (nonfiction ...
Mar 3, 2017 · Secret Histories: On Shirley Jackson. by Heather Clark. On June 27, 1948, Shirley Jackson published “The Lottery” in The New Yorker. Savagery unfolds slowly in this strange, spare story about a ritual stoning in a New England village. Jackson opens with images of blossoming flowers and “richly green” grass.
Apr 2, 2014 · Shirley Jackson was an acclaimed American writer known for the short story 'The Lottery,' as well as longer works like 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle.'
Shirley Jackson was an American author of novels and short stories. This biography of Shirley Jackson provides detailed information about her childhood, life, writing career and timeline.
- She was a California girl. Jackson is often associated with New England writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, her American Gothic predecessor. She lived in North Bennington, Vermont, for most of her adult life—in fact, some people believe it’s the setting for “The Lottery.”
- Her family believed in Christian Science. Jackson’s maternal grandmother, who lived with the Jacksons while she was growing up, was a Christian Science faith healer.
- She flunked out of college. The writer responsible for one of the defining stories of her era was kicked out of the University of Rochester after her sophomore year.
- Her parents didn’t attend her wedding. Neither did Hyman’s. Though he declared himself a “militant atheist” as a teenager, he was brought up in a traditional Jewish household, and his parents didn’t approve of him marrying outside the faith.
Oct 10, 2016 · Zoë Heller on Ruth Franklin’s biography of Shirley Jackson, “A Rather Haunted Life,” which explores one of the twentieth century’s most tortured writers.
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