Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index.
Contents
Introduction : Shirley Jackson and proto-postmodernism -- Some conditions of production -- The lottery or, the adventures of James Harris (1949) -- Come along with me : part of a novel, sixteen stories, and three lectures (1968) -- Just an ordinary day (1996) -- The road through the wall (1948) -- Hangsaman (1951) -- The bird's nest (1954) -- The sundial (1958) -- The haunting of Hill House (1959) -- We have always lived in the castle (1962).