Shirley Jackson's American Gothic

by Darryl Hattenhauer

Overview

Argues that Jackson's anticipation of postmodernism ranks her among the most significant writers of her time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780791456071
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	01/16/2003
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Darryl Hattenhauer is Associate Professor of English at Arizona State University West.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Shirley Jackson and Proto-Postmodernism

1. Some Conditions of Production

2. The Lottery or, The Adventures of James Harris (1949)

3. Come Along with Me: Part of a Novel, Sixteen Stories, and Three Lectures (1968)

4. Just an Ordinary Day (1996)

5. The Road Through the Wall (1948)

6. Hangsaman (1951)

7. The Bird’s Nest (1954)

8. The Sundial (1958)

9. The Haunting of Hill House (1959)

10. We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962)

Afterword

Notes

Works Cited

Index