Jackson, Shirley [Hardie]
Jackson, Shirley [Hardie]( 1916–65),California-born author, educated at Syracuse University, lived in Vermont, where her husband, Stanley Edgar Hyman (1919–70), a literary critic, taught at Bennington College. Her novels include The Road Through the Wall (1948), Hangsaman (1951), and The Bird's Nest (1954), all depicting adolescents in disturbed states of mind. Other novels are The Sundial (1958), about people who believe the end of the world is near; The Haunting of Hill House (1959), concerning occult experiences; We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962), presenting a woman writer who poisons her family; and Come Along with Me (1968), a posthumously published fragment. The Lottery (1949) collects stories of weird or psychopathic subjects placed in direct, realistic settings. Life Among the Savages (1953) and Raising Demons (1957) are amusing accounts of her life with her...
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