Talk:Shirley Jackson

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Two Questions

1) Why did she die at the age of 48? What was the cause?

2) Who produced and wrote the movie, "The Lottery", based on her short story? Stevenmitchell 06:23, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Heart attack. See The Lottery. Pepso 11:14, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Believed she had magic powers?

"Jackson, who was very interested in witchcraft, believed she had supernatural powers." Is there a cite for this? thx1138 05:43, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

intro

It states "Although popular at the time'... "recent critic attn' those two are not exclusive concepts. you can be popular and receive attention form literary critics. You could receive any kind of attention from critics. The language here is misleading and little pointed to be in the introduction. Especially since this is an article about a literary figure we should at least have the sense to use language correctly. Reword the sentence to be something like "She was popular at the time and continues to receive attention...' and then later on one could introduce a dichotemy between past and present criticism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Forcefieldmaker87 (talk • contribs) 03:30, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot 04:26, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Really bad summary of "The Lottery"

I really don't like this in the introduction:

"The Lottery" (1948), which suggests there is a deeply unsettling underside to bucolic, smalltown America.

Two problems: 1. This makes it sound like The Lottery is some kind of non-fiction sociology article that suggests some type of radical conspiracy theory. The Lottery is fiction and it isn't set in present-day America. It is set in an unspecified time and location, but it can be presumed to be set in the distant future, since in the story, the tradition of the lottery goes back a long way. 2. Is "smalltown" a word?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by DJ Craig (talk • contribs) 03:42, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

First, I have yet to hear anyone suggest that "The Lottery" takes place in the future. In fac, based on various details within the story, it seems if anything to take place in Jackson's time or slightly earlier. Second, on a related issue, can anyone explain the rationale for labeling "The Lottery" as dystopian fiction? "Dystopia" implies some kind of pervasively negative society--poverty, chaos, bestial behavior etc. Yet the power of "The Lottery" lies in the fact that the characters in the story DO NOT LIVE in such a world. Instead the are seemingly normal people, living otherwise typical small town American lives, who happen to prform this ghastly ritual once a year. I'd fix the issue myself, but would first like to understand where this is all coming from. User:Snyrt —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.237.55.2 (talk) 16:45, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vermont Vanishing section?

Why does this section contain: "The fictional college depicted in Hangsaman is based in part on Jackson's experiences at Bennington College, as indicated by Jackson's papers in the Library of Congress.[7] Jackson's short story. " Followed by a sentence about something else. Why is there a citation for the half-sentence "Jackson's short story" which seems to not belong with the previous statement or the following one?User:Snyrt