Shirley Jackson “The Lottery”
Shirley Jackson was born December 14,1916 in San Francisco. She grew up in California, where as a young teenager began writing poetry and short stories. She attended college at the University of Rochester and withdrew after a year so she could practice writing. She then attended Syracuse University in 1937, met her husband Stanly Edgar Hyman. Together they started a literary magazine Spectre. After graduation in 1940 they moved to Greenwich Village. Shirley had stories published in The New Republic and The New Yorker. She had four children. In 1944 “Come Dance with Me in Ireland” was chosen as Best American Stories. In 1945 her husband was offered a teaching position in Vermont and they moved. Shirley continued …show more content…
Initially when The New Yorker wanted further explanation she stated it was just a story (McCarthy). “Later she had reportedly told a friend it was based on anti-Semitism, and another stated she was told that all characters were modeled on actual people in North Bennington (Franklin).” She told the Francisco Chronicle in July 1948 “I suppose, I hope, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to shock the story’s readers with a graphic dramatization of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives(McCarthy).” I wonder if her initial response was true and after time it turned into a larger meaning.
Everyone was talking about “The Lottery” and made Shirley Jackson well known. Her publisher, Farrar Strauss rushed to publish a collection of her work, The Lottery and Other Stories. It was rumored that her publisher spread rumors sayings Shirley Jackson had used voodoo to break the leg of publishing rival making her sound like she was a witch (Cellania).
It was said however that she did like to read tarot cards and collected books on witchcraft and …show more content…
The Haunting of Hill House was made into several movies. In 2013 there was a discovered short story “Paranoia” that was published in The New Yorker. “The Lottery” was adapted for radio, television, film and even a ballet. “The Lottery” was also in an episode of The Simpsons. Many authors credit Jackson for giving them inspiration such as Stephen King, Nigel Kneale, Richard Matheson, and Neil Gaiman.(Cellania). Who would think a short story that took two hours to write would produce all of this, it is incredible and
Shirley Jackson was born December 14,1916 in San Francisco. She grew up in California, where as a young teenager began writing poetry and short stories. She attended college at the University of Rochester and withdrew after a year so she could practice writing. She then attended Syracuse University in 1937, met her husband Stanly Edgar Hyman. Together they started a literary magazine Spectre. After graduation in 1940 they moved to Greenwich Village. Shirley had stories published in The New Republic and The New Yorker. She had four children. In 1944 “Come Dance with Me in Ireland” was chosen as Best American Stories. In 1945 her husband was offered a teaching position in Vermont and they moved. Shirley continued …show more content…
Initially when The New Yorker wanted further explanation she stated it was just a story (McCarthy). “Later she had reportedly told a friend it was based on anti-Semitism, and another stated she was told that all characters were modeled on actual people in North Bennington (Franklin).” She told the Francisco Chronicle in July 1948 “I suppose, I hope, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to shock the story’s readers with a graphic dramatization of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives(McCarthy).” I wonder if her initial response was true and after time it turned into a larger meaning.
Everyone was talking about “The Lottery” and made Shirley Jackson well known. Her publisher, Farrar Strauss rushed to publish a collection of her work, The Lottery and Other Stories. It was rumored that her publisher spread rumors sayings Shirley Jackson had used voodoo to break the leg of publishing rival making her sound like she was a witch (Cellania).
It was said however that she did like to read tarot cards and collected books on witchcraft and …show more content…
The Haunting of Hill House was made into several movies. In 2013 there was a discovered short story “Paranoia” that was published in The New Yorker. “The Lottery” was adapted for radio, television, film and even a ballet. “The Lottery” was also in an episode of The Simpsons. Many authors credit Jackson for giving them inspiration such as Stephen King, Nigel Kneale, Richard Matheson, and Neil Gaiman.(Cellania). Who would think a short story that took two hours to write would produce all of this, it is incredible and