{"product_id":"shirley-jackson-a-companion-9781800790711","title":"Shirley Jackson: A Companion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e2021 Bram Stoker Awards(R) Nominee for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the short story «The Lottery» to the masterworks \u003cem\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWe Have Always Lived in the Castle\u003c\/em\u003e, Shirley Jackson’s popular, often bestselling works experimented with popular generic forms (melodrama, folktale, horror, the Gothic, and the Weird) to create a uniquely apocalyptic vision of America and its contradictions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith a Foreword by award-winning Jackson biographer Ruth Franklin, this collection features comprehensive critical engagement with Jackson’s works, including those that have received less scholarly attention. Among these are the novels \u003cem\u003eThe Road Through the Wall\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Bird’s Nest\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eHangsaman\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as Jackson’s historical study, \u003cem\u003eThe Witchcraft of Salem Village\u003c\/em\u003e. Also included are essays on Jackson’s darkly humorous collections \u003cem\u003eLife Among the Savages\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRaising Demons\u003c\/em\u003e, on Stephen King’s «literary friendship» with Jackson, on the little-known film adaptations \u003cem\u003eLizzie\u003c\/em\u003e (1957) and \u003cem\u003eHosszú Alkony\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eLong Twilight\u003c\/em\u003e) (1997), and the first-ever extended analysis devoted to Jackson’s unpublished satirical cartoon sketches.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe collection’s five sections focus on Jackson’s style, key themes, and influence; her politics and poetics of space; her treatment of the «monstrous» mother and monstrousness of motherhood; her representations of outsiders and minorities; and moving-image adaptations of her work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e«\u003ci\u003eShirley Jackson: A Companion\u003c\/i\u003e 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)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents: Reading Jackson: Style, Theme, Tradition – Ralph Beliveau: Shirley Jackson and American Folk Horror: The Public Face of Private Demons – Michael T. Wilson: «How the Dinner Revolves»: Eating, Food, and Consumption in the Fiction of Shirley Jackson – Daniel T. Kasper: The Posthumous Style of Shirley Jackson – Carl H. Sederholm: Raising Her Voice: Stephen King’s Literary Dialogue with Shirley Jackson – The Politics and Poetics of Space – Patrycja Antoszek: «Intrusions from the Outside World»: Shirley Jackson and the Politics and Poetics of Enclosure – Dara Downey: «No one Can Ever Find Me»: Gingerbread Houses in Shirley Jackson’s Fiction – Elizabeth Mahn Nollen: The «Terrible» House as Locus of Female Power in \u003ci\u003eWe Have Always Lived in the Castle \u003c\/i\u003e– Michelle Kay Hansen: «Move Your Feet, Dear. I’m Conga- ing»: Drawing Circles around Domesticity in Shirley Jackson’s Cartoons – Luke Reid: Romancing the Nostalgic Future: Prophecy, Planning, and Postwar Architecture in \u003ci\u003eThe Sundial \u003c\/i\u003e– Mothers and Other Monsters – Wyatt Bonikowski: Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Secret of the Mother’s Desire in \u003ci\u003eThe Bird’s Nest \u003c\/i\u003e– Rebecca Million: Living an Aporia: Notes on Shirley Jackson’s Home Books and the Impossible- Possible of Motherhood – Ibi Kaslik: \u003ci\u003eHangsaman\u003c\/i\u003e: Writing the Self in Blood at the Margins – Mikaela Bobiy: Home Is Where the Heart Is(n’t): The House as Mother in Jackson’s House Trilogy – Outsiders and Minorities – Emily Banks: Erotic Envy and the Racial Other in «Flower Garden» – Stephanie A. Graves: Wicked Creature(s): Delirium and Difference in \u003ci\u003eThe Witchcraft of Salem Village \u003c\/i\u003e– Rebecca Stone Gordon: «A Lady of Undeniable Gifts but Dubious Reputation»: Reading Theodora in \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House \u003c\/i\u003e– Jackson on Film and Television – Will Dodson: «Some Disturbing Obstruction»: \u003ci\u003eLizzie \u003c\/i\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eThe Bird’s Nest \u003c\/i\u003e– Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock: Walking Alone Together: Adapting Shirley Jackson’s \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House \u003c\/i\u003e– Kristopher Woofter: \u003ci\u003eLong Twilight \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eHosszú Alkony\u003c\/i\u003e), Shirley Jackson, and the Eerie In- Between – Erin Giannini: A Good Life?: Merricat, from Tyrant to Savior in \u003ci\u003eWe Have Always Lived in the Castle \u003c\/i\u003eand Its Film Adaptation – Darryl Hattenhauer: Afterword.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang International Academic Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042757378391,"sku":"9781800790711","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shirley-jackson-a-companion-9781800790711","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}