Find literary criticism on "The Lottery" in databases
Click below to access library databases where you can find literary criticism about Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery." Some sources appear in more than one database, but each database lists items not found in others.
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Books containing literary criticism about "The Lottery"
Shirley Jackson's American Gothic [ebook] by Publication Date: 2003This is an ebook. Access it online via the hyperlinked title, above. Contains one chapter on "The Lottery."
Shirley Jackson: A Study of the Short Fiction [print book] by Call Number: PS3519 .A392 Z65Publication Date: 1993Contains one chapter on "The Lottery."
Shirley Jackson [print book] by Call Number: PS3519 .A392 Z65Publication Date: 1975Contains plot summary, list of characters, and excerpted critical views of "The Lottery."
Overview of Shirley Jackson's Work
The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story (online access) by Publication Date: 2001Search it for "lottery."
