The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

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The Haunting of Hill House Summary

The Haunting of Hill House takes place over a single week in rural 1950s America. The story begins with a brief introduction to the cast of characters. Dr. John Montague is the psychic researcher who instigates the adventure in Hill House. An anthropologist and doctor of philosophy, Dr. Montague's true passion lies in the study of supernatural phenomena. All of his life he has searched for a truly haunted house. His...

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Shirley Jackson Biographies (5)

Shirley Ann Jackson

955 words, approx. 4 pages

Shirley Ann Jackson (born 1946), a theoretical physicist, was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. at MIT. In 1995, President Bill Clinton appointed her as chairwoman of the Nuclear Regula... Read more

Shirley Ann Jackson

4,819 words, approx. 17 pages

Biography EssayShirley Jackson's name is most often associated in readers' minds with the haunting short story "The Lottery," which was originally published in 1948 and has since become a frequently a... Read more

Shirley Jackson

3,616 words, approx. 13 pages

Despite a long writing career that included best-selling novels, plays, children's books, and humorous sketches, Shirley Jackson was best known to most readers as the author of "The Lottery," a chilli... Read more

Shirley Jackson

4,472 words, approx. 15 pages

Shirley Jackson's name is most often associated in readers' minds with the haunting short story "The Lottery," which was originally published in 1948 and has since become a frequently anthologized Ame... Read more

Shirley Jackson

7,471 words, approx. 25 pages

Shirley Jackson is most often associated with the chilling short story "The Lottery". First published in The New Yorker in 1948, it immediately met with an unprecedented public reaction, generating a ... Read more

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Representation of the Uncanny in "the Haunting of Hill House"

2,064 words, approx. 7 pages

In Shirley Jackson's novel "The Haunting of Hill House", there are numerous traces of the representation of the uncanny which was suggested by Sigmund Freud. In the story, the Hill House i... Read more

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