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| − | '''Shirley Jackson''' ( | + | '''Shirley Hardie Jackson''' (1916-1965) was an American author. Her works include ''The Lottery'' (1949), ''The Bird's Nest'' (1954), ''The Haunting of Hill House'' (1959), and ''We Have Always Lived in the Castle'' (1962).<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''. Prentice Hall, New York: 1991.</ref> |
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| + | Jackson was born in San Francisco, California on December 14, 1916.<ref>http://www.biography.com/people/shirley-jackson-9351425</ref> She grew up in nearby Burlingame, where she began to write poetry and short stories, until her family moved east and she attended the University of Rochester.<ref>http://shirleyjackson.org/</ref> She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Syracuse, edited their magazine after it published her short story "Janice," married a literary critic, and moved to [[New York City]].<ref>http://www.famousauthors.org/shirley-jackson</ref> She was a famous creative woman in the early Cold War, writing the bestselling horror novel, ''The Haunting of Hill House,'' though her first piece was a short story in the ''New Yorker'' called "The Lottery," published a decade earlier.<ref>http://www.npr.org/2016/12/24/506643062/new-biography-chronicles-shirley-jacksons-rather-haunted-life</ref> After the "Lottery" came several complete novels, including ''The Bird's Nest'', ''The Haunting of Hill House'', and ''We Have Always Lived in the Castle'', which concerned a sort of force of chaos hiding inside everyday life.<ref>"Jackson, Shirley." ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref> | ||
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| + | She died August 8, 1965 in Vermont of a heart attack.<ref>http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/shirley-jackson-2851.php</ref> | ||
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| + | In more recent years, a novelist called Ruth Franklin has attempted to write a biography of her life, giving her feminist appraisal and depicting her as a woman living in horror because of 1950s gender roles. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| + | *[http://shirleyjackson.org/ Official Website] | ||
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Revision as of 14:29, May 23, 2017
Shirley Hardie Jackson (1916-1965) was an American author. Her works include The Lottery (1949), The Bird's Nest (1954), The Haunting of Hill House (1959), and We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962).[1]
Life and Works
Jackson was born in San Francisco, California on December 14, 1916.[2] She grew up in nearby Burlingame, where she began to write poetry and short stories, until her family moved east and she attended the University of Rochester.[3] She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Syracuse, edited their magazine after it published her short story "Janice," married a literary critic, and moved to New York City.[4] She was a famous creative woman in the early Cold War, writing the bestselling horror novel, The Haunting of Hill House, though her first piece was a short story in the New Yorker called "The Lottery," published a decade earlier.[5] After the "Lottery" came several complete novels, including The Bird's Nest, The Haunting of Hill House, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, which concerned a sort of force of chaos hiding inside everyday life.[6]
She died August 8, 1965 in Vermont of a heart attack.[7]
In more recent years, a novelist called Ruth Franklin has attempted to write a biography of her life, giving her feminist appraisal and depicting her as a woman living in horror because of 1950s gender roles.
References
- ↑ The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference. Prentice Hall, New York: 1991.
- ↑ http://www.biography.com/people/shirley-jackson-9351425
- ↑ http://shirleyjackson.org/
- ↑ http://www.famousauthors.org/shirley-jackson
- ↑ http://www.npr.org/2016/12/24/506643062/new-biography-chronicles-shirley-jacksons-rather-haunted-life
- ↑ "Jackson, Shirley." Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
- ↑ http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/shirley-jackson-2851.php