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008			160603s2016 nyu b 001 0beng
010			_a 2016014711
020			_a9780871403131 (hardcover)
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC
042			_apcc
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050	0	0	_aPS3519.A392 _bZ64 2016
082	0	0	_a818/.5409 _aB _223
100	1		_aFranklin, Ruth,
245	1	0	_aShirley Jackson : _ba rather haunted life / _cRuth Franklin.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a1609
264		1	_aNew York : _bLiveright Publishing Corporation, _c2016.
300			_apages cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
520			_a"This long-awaited biography establishes Shirley Jackson as a towering figure in American literature and revives the life and work of a neglected master. Still known to millions only as the author of the "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) remains curiously absent from the American literary canon. A genius of literary suspense, Jackson plumbed the cultural anxiety of postwar America better than anyone. Now, biographer Ruth Franklin reveals the tumultuous life and inner darkness of the author behind such classics as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle. Placing Jackson within an American Gothic tradition of Hawthorne and Poe, Franklin demonstrates how her unique contribution to this genre came from her focus on "domestic horror" drawn from an era hostile to women. Based on a wealth of previously undiscovered correspondence and dozens of new interviews, Shirley Jackson, with its exploration of astonishing talent shaped by a damaged childhood and a troubled marriage to literary critic Stanley Hyman, becomes the definitive biography of a generational avatar and an American literary giant."-- _cProvided by publisher
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
600	1	0	_aJackson, Shirley, _d1916-1965.
650		0	_aAuthors, American _y20th century _vBiography. _93999
650		0	_aWomen authors _zUnited States _vBiography.
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