Record Nr.

UNINA9910829140203321

Autore

Hattenhauer Darryl

Titolo

Shirley Jackson's American gothic [[electronic resource] /] / Darryl Hattenhauer

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003

ISBN

0-7914-8742-3

1-4175-1931-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Disciplina

813/.54

Soggetti

Horror tales, American - History and criticism

Gothic revival (Literature) - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-222) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Shirley Jackson's American Gothic -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: Shirley Jackson and Proto-Postmodernism -- 1. Some Conditions of Production -- 2. The Lottery or, The Adventures of James Harris -- 3. Come Along with Me: Part of a Novel, Sixteen Stories, and Three Lectures -- 4. Just an Ordinary Day -- 5. The Road Through the Wall -- 6. Hangsaman -- 7. The Bird's Nest -- 8. The Sundial -- 9. The Haunting of Hill House -- 10. We Have Always Lived in the Castle -- Afterword -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION: SHIRLEY JACKSON AND PROTO-POSTMODERNISM -- 1. SOME CONDITIONS OF PRODUCTION -- 2. THE LOTTERY OR, THE ADVENTURES OF JAMES HARRIS -- 3. COME ALONG WITH ME: PART OF A NOVEL, SIXTEEN STORIES, AND THREE LECTURES -- 4. JUST AN ORDINARY DAY -- 5. THE ROAD THROUGH THE WALL -- 6. HANGSAMAN -- 7. THE BIRD'S NEST -- 8. THE SUNDIAL -- 9. THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE -- 10. WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE -- AFTERWORD -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Sommario/riassunto

Best known for her short story "The Lottery" and her novel The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson produced a body of work that is more varied and complex than critics have realized. In fact, as Darryl Hattenhauer argues here, Jackson was one of the few writers to anticipate the transition from modernism to postmodernism, and

therefore ranks among the most significant writers of her time. The first comprehensive study of all of Jackson's fiction, Shirley Jackson's American Gothic offers readers the chance not only to rediscover her work, but also to see how and why a major American writer was passed over for inclusion in the canon of American literature.