Shirley Jackson’s female gothic: the significance of food in We Have Always Lived in the Castle.
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The thesis focuses on the significance of food in Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle. It goes through what a female gothic is, and how the symbolism of food ties into the main themes of the genre, as well as some parallels to Jackson's own life and why these themes and food might have inspired her to write the novel in this way. The thesis focuses on the significance of food in Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle. It goes through what a female gothic is, and how the symbolism of food ties into the main themes of the genre, as well as some parallels to Jackson's own life and why these themes and food might have inspired her to write the novel in this way.