Hall, Joan Wylie

Provides an in-depth critical introduction to the short stories of Shirley Jackson. Includes a detailed analyses of every significant story, biographical information, a chronology of the artist's life and works, and a representative selection of critical responses.

Offers an analysis of the short fiction of Shirley Jackson which is often characterized by a motif of menace and Gothicism, with exceprts from her lectures on fiction writing, and a selection of scholarly criticism.