Shirley Jackson was one of America's most prominent female writers of the 1950s. These essays widen the scope of Jackson scholarship with new writing on such works as The Road through the Wall and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, and ranges from Jackson's domestic fiction to ethics, cosmology, an...

Shirley Jackson was one of America's most prominent female writers of the 1950s. These essays widen the scope of Jackson scholarship with new writing on such works as The Road through the Wall and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, and ranges from Jackson's domestic fiction to ethics, cosmology, and eschatology.