{"product_id":"shirley-jacksons-dark-tales-reconsidering-the-short-fiction-paperback","title":"Shirley Jackson's Dark Tales: Reconsidering the Short Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoan Passey\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRobert Lloyd\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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, \u003ci\u003eShirley Jackson's Dark Tales\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoan Passey \u003c\/b\u003eis Lecturer at the University of Bristol, UK, where she has taught since 2016. She has published on Shirley Jackson in \u003ci\u003eWomen's Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, introduced the biopic \u003ci\u003eShirley \u003c\/i\u003efor 70+ Curzon cinemas nationwide, and participated in a Q\u0026amp;A to promote \u003ci\u003eShirley \u003c\/i\u003ewith Birds Eye View.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Robert Lloyd \u003c\/b\u003eis a teacher and researcher at Cardiff University, UK, and specializes in women's literature, the supernatural, and critical theory. He completed his thesis on Shirley Jackson and spectrality in 2021, is in the process of preparing his monograph, and has published on Jackson in \u003ci\u003eWomen's Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45519431237734,"sku":"9781350361157","price":81.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/GOI0NNbY_Z9781350361157.webp?v=1776433829","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/shirley-jacksons-dark-tales-reconsidering-the-short-fiction-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}