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Sites about The Lottery

by Shirley Jackson

Critical sites about The Lottery

A Reading of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"

http://home.netwood.net/kosenko/jackson.html

A Marxist critical analysis of the story which argues that the lottery in the story "serves the repressive ideological function of purging the social body of all resistance so that business (capitalism) can go on as usual and the Summers, the Graves and the Martins can remain in power."

Contains: Content Analysis,

Author: Peter Kosenko

From: New Orleans Review 1985

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Other (non-critical) sites about The Lottery

The Lottery

http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/jackson315-des-.html

A brief summary of the story, with commentary.

Contains: Plot Summary, Review

Author: Jan Marta

From: Literature, Arts & Medicine Database

Author: Jan Marta

From: Literature, Arts & Medicine Database

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