Jackson, Shirley

1. Barr, Donald. "A Talent for Irony." In New York Times Book Review, April 17, 1949, pp. 4.
   Criticism -- The Lottery, or the Adventures of James Harris

2. In Bleiler, Everett. Supernatural Fiction Writers , Vol. 2. New York : Scribner, c1985. pp. 1031-1036.
   Criticism -- Works -- "The Daemon Lover" -- The Haunting of Hill House -- "The Rock" -- The Sundial -- We Have Always Lived in the Castle -- "The Visit"

3. In Bloom, Clive. Gothic Horror. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998. pp. 154-168.
   Criticism -- The Haunting of Hill House

4. Breit, Harvey. "Talk with Miss Jackson." In New York Times Book Review, June 26, 1949, pp. 15.
   Interview

5. In Bretnor, Reginald. Modern Science Fiction. Chicago : Advent Publishers, 1979. pp. 104-107.
   Criticism -- Short Stories -- "The Summer People"

6. In Brooks, Cleanth, ed. Understanding Fiction. Englewood Cliffs, N. J. : Prentice-Hall, c1959. pp. 72-76.
   Criticism -- "The Lottery"

7. Cervo, Nathan. "Jackson's "The Lottery."In Explicator, Vol. 50, No. 3, 1992, 183-185.
   Criticism -- "The Lottery"

8. In Charters, Anne ed. The Story and Its Writer . New York : St. Martin's Press, c1983. pp. 1192-1194
   Criticism -- "The Lottery"

9. Coulthard, A. R. "Jackson's "The Lottery." In Explictor, Vol. 48, 1990, pp. 226-228.
   Criticism -- "The Lottery"

10. D'Erasmo, Stacey. "Just an Ordinary Day." In The Nation, Vol. 263, No. 21, December 23, 1996. pp. 25 (2 pgs.).
    Criticism -- Just an Ordinary Day

11. In Eisenger, Chester. Fiction of the Forties. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1963. pp. 288-289.
    Criticism -- The Lottery, or The Adventures of James Harris

12. Hicks, Graville. "The Nightmare in Reality." In Saturday Review, Vol XLIX, No. 38, September 17, 1966, pp. 31-32.
    Criticism -- Works -- "The Lottery" -- The Magic of Shirley Jackson

13. Janeway, Elizabeth. "The Grotesque Around Us." In New York Times Book Review, October 9, 1966, p. 58.
    Criticism -- A Bird's Nest -- The Magic of Shirley Jackson -- Life Among the Savages -- "The Lottery" -- Raising Demons

14. Lainhoff, Seymour. "Jackson's The Lottery." In Explicator, Vol. XII, No. 5, March, 1954, pp. 34.
    Criticism -- "The Lottery"

15. In Lyons, John O. The College Novel in America. Southern Illinois University Press, 1962. pp. 62-67.
    Criticism -- Novels -- Hangsaman

16. Moore, Robert. "Jackson's The Witch: a Satanic Gem." In English Journal, Volume 60, 1971, pp. 1204-1208.
    Criticism -- "The Witch"

17. Nebeker, H. E. "The Lottery: Symbolic Tour de Force." In American Literature, Vol. 46, March 1974, pp. 100-107.
    Criticism -- "The Lottery"

18. Oates, Joyce Carol. "Just an Ordinary Day." In New York Times Book Review, Vol. 146, December 29, 1996, pg. 10.
    Criticism -- Just an Ordinary Day

19. Parks, John G. "Chambers of Yearning: Shirley Jackson's Use of the Gothic." In Twentieth Century Literature, Vol 30, No. 1, Spring, 1984, pp. 15-29.
    Criticism -- Works -- The Bird's Nest -- "The Colloquy" -- Hangsaman -- The Haunting of Hill House -- "The Lottery" -- The Road Through the Wall -- The Sundial -- We Have Always Lived in the Castle

20. Parks, John G. "The Possibility of Evil": a Key to Shirley Jackson's Fiction." In Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 15, No. 3, Summer, 1978, pp. 320-323.
    Criticism -- Works -- "The Possibility of Evil"

21. Parks, John G. "Waiting for the End: Shirley Jackson's The Sundial."In Critique, Vol. XIX, No. 3, 1978, pp. 74-88.
    Criticism -- The Sundial

22. Pascal, Richard. "Father Than Samarkind: The Escape Theme in Shirley Jackson's The Tooth." In Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 19, No. 2, Spring, 1982, pp. 133-139.
    Criticism -- "The Tooth"

23. Welch, Dennis. "Manipulation in Shirley Jackson's Seven Types of Ambiquity." In Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 18, 1981, pp. 27-31.
    Criticism -- "Seven Types of Ambiquity"

24. Wolff, Geoffrey. "Shirley Jackson's Magic Style." In The New Leader, Vol. LI, No. 17, September 9, 1968. pp. 18-19.
    Criticism -- Works -- "A Cauliflower in Her Hair" -- Come Along with Me -- "A Day in the Jungle" -- "The Lottery" -- We Have Always Lived in the Castle

25. Yarmove, Jay. A. "Shirley Jackson's The Lottery." In Explicator, Vol. 52, No. 4, Summer 1994, pp. 242-245.
    Criticism -- "The Lottery"

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