... Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."" Notes on Contemporary Literature. 1979 v9 n4. Bagchee, Shyamal. "Design of Darkness in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."" Notes on Contemporary Literature. 1979 v9 n4. . Bloom, Clive. Gothic Horror. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. Criticism of Shirley Jackson The Stoning of Mistress Hutchinson: Meaning and Context in 'The Lottery' Critic: Fritz Oehlschlaeger Source: Essays in Literature, Vol ... incentive to produce the largest possible family. Each child she has gives her a better chance of surviving if the marked paper falls to her household in the...

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