Bloomsbury Publishing
Shirley Jackson?s Dark Tales : Reconsidering the Short Fiction
Product Code:
9781350361119
ISBN13:
9781350361119
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$135.22
The first dedicated exploration of the short fiction of Shirley Jackson for three decades, this volume takes an in-depth look at the themes and legacies of her 200-plus short stories. Recognized as the mother of contemporary horror, scholars from across the globe, and from a range of different disciplinary backgrounds, dig into the lasting impact of her work in light of its increasing relevance to contemporary critical preoccupations and the re-release of Jackson's work in 2016. Offering new methodologies to study her work, this volume calls upon ideas of intertextuality, ecocriticism and psychoanalysis to examine a broad range of themes from national identity, race, gender and class to domesticity, the occult, selfhood and mental illness. With consideration of her blockbuster works alongside later works that received much less critical attention, Shirley Jackson's Dark Tales promises a rich and dynamic expansion on previous scholarship of Jackson's oeuvre, both bringing her writing into the contemporary conversation, and ensuring her place in the canon of Horror fiction.
| Author: Joan Passey, Robert Lloyd |
| Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication Date: Feb 22, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: 249 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 1350361119 |
| ISBN-13: 9781350361119 |
Shirley Jackson?s Dark Tales : Reconsidering the Short Fiction
$135.22
The first dedicated exploration of the short fiction of Shirley Jackson for three decades, this volume takes an in-depth look at the themes and legacies of her 200-plus short stories. Recognized as the mother of contemporary horror, scholars from across the globe, and from a range of different disciplinary backgrounds, dig into the lasting impact of her work in light of its increasing relevance to contemporary critical preoccupations and the re-release of Jackson's work in 2016. Offering new methodologies to study her work, this volume calls upon ideas of intertextuality, ecocriticism and psychoanalysis to examine a broad range of themes from national identity, race, gender and class to domesticity, the occult, selfhood and mental illness. With consideration of her blockbuster works alongside later works that received much less critical attention, Shirley Jackson's Dark Tales promises a rich and dynamic expansion on previous scholarship of Jackson's oeuvre, both bringing her writing into the contemporary conversation, and ensuring her place in the canon of Horror fiction.
| Author: Joan Passey, Robert Lloyd |
| Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication Date: Feb 22, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: 249 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 1350361119 |
| ISBN-13: 9781350361119 |
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