A selective list of literary criticism for the American writer, author of "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson, including signed articles by recognized scholars, peer and editor reviewed articles, and web sites that follow MLA guidelines for web pages.
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Hall, Joan Wylie. A review of Hall's Shirley Jackson: A Study of the Short Fiction. Reviewed by Bellman, Samuel Irving in Studies in Short Fiction, Spring, 1994
Kosenko, Peter. "A Reading of Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery,'" in New Orleans Review , vol. 12, no. 1 (Spring 1985), pp. 27-32
Murphy, Bernice. A substantial introductory essay on Shirley Jackson by Bernice Murphy, of Trinity College, Dublin. From the Literary Encyclopedia
Schneider, Stephen Jay. Thrice-told tales: the Haunting, from novel to film … to film - Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel 'The Haunting of Hill House.' In Journal of Popular Film and Television, Fall, 2002
"Dubbed 'the queen of the macabre,' Jackson wrote dozens of short stories, most of which, like "The Lottery," concerned gothic terrors lurking just beneath the surface of everyday life." An introductory essay from the St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture
An easy-read article in Salon.com begins, "A new collection of unpublished stories betrays the two faces of Shirley Jackson, the writer who created 'The Lottery.'" By Jonathan Lethem, Jan. 1997
Reading and discussion questions for "The Lottery" from Gonzoga Univ. professor Donna Campbell
A web site on Shirley Jackson created by an MA candidate, not maintained currently. Contains Shirley Jackson bibliography
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