Jackson Background

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Online Lesson: Background Materials for Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House

Open the link below to begin a search in The Literature Resource Center (from The Gale Group). Follow the directions to find the informational pages about Shirley Jackson. For your convenience, you may want to print the directions on this page first.

1. Open the link below labeled, "Literature Resource Center."

2. You will come to the Main Menu page with several hypertext links. Find and open the first link, "Author Search."

3. You should now be on the main page for author searches. In the blank at the top of the page, type in the words: Shirley Jackson. Then press the "Search" button.

4. The next page that opens will be the "Results List." You will see a hypertext link that says, "Shirley Jackson (1919-1965)." Open this.

5. You should now be on the Author Resource page. Open the links and read the information about Jackson and her works.

Now enter the
Literature Resource Center

Once you have finished you should:

Go back to An Absence of Affection: Jackson's Mansion

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