Description: From "The Lottery" to The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson's oeuvre has created an influential apocalyptic vision of America. This collection of essays offers new insights into her work, in light of themes of space, motherhood and race, as well as filmic adaptations of her work.
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Shirley Jackson: A Companion is an enormously valuable addition to the Jackson renaissance, a collection of twenty original essays eloquently framed by editor Kristopher Woofter's argument about Jackson's abiding sense of the apocalyptic. Woofter has made a point of soliciting essays on Jackson's lesser-known themes (such as race), works, and adaptations - and readers will learn something new from every chapter. (Dawn Keetley, Professor of English, Lehigh University)