Shirley Jackson A Rather Haunted Life

Name: Shirley Jackson A Rather Haunted Life
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ISBN: 9780871403131

ISBN-10: 0871403137

ISBN-13: 9780871403131

Edition: 2016

Authors: Ruth Franklin

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Still known to millions only as the author of the "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) remains curiously absent from the American literary canon. A genius of literary suspense, Jackson plumbed the cultural anxiety of postwar America better than anyone. Now, biographer Ruth Franklin reveals the tumultuous life and inner darkness of the author behind such classics as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle. Placing Jackson within an American Gothic tradition of Hawthorne and Poe, Franklin demonstrates how her unique contribution to this genre came from her focus on "domestic horror" drawn from an era hostile to women. Based on a wealth of previously…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2016
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Publication date: 9/27/2016
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 624
Size: 0.67" wide x 0.96" long x 0.15" tall
Weight: 2.618
Language: English