Date Thesis Awarded
4-2009
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
English
Advisor
Walter P. Wenska
Committee Members
Colleen Kennedy
Kim Wheatley
Linda Marie Quigley
Abstract
In this study, the author seeks to dispel the fallacious notion that Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel, The Haunting of Hill House, is simply a shallow gothic ghost story. Through a comprehensive analysis of both the novel itself and the author's notes on her manuscript, an attempt is made to characterize Hill House as a work that systematically subverts not only the stylistic, but also the linguistic and ideological conventions guarded by the dominant social order.
Recommended Citation
Rasmus, Ryen Christopher, "Hill House, Not Sane: Shirley Jackson's Subversion of Conventions and Conventionality in The Haunting of Hill House" (2009). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 244.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/244
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Comments
Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.