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Stanley Edgar Hyman (June 11, 1919 – July 29, 1970) was an American literary critic who wrote primarily about critical methods: the distinct strategies critics use in approaching literary texts. He was the husband of writer Shirley Jackson.
Jun 5, 2020 · Learn how the film Shirley portrays the messy marriage of Shirley Jackson, a famous horror writer, and Stanley Edgar Hyman, her supportive but unfaithful husband. Find out how Hyman's philandering and misogyny may have contributed to Jackson's mental health issues.
Jul 31, 1970 · NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt., July 30—Stanley Edgar Hyman, literary critic, author and pro fessor of literature at Benning ton College, died last night ap parently of a heart attack. He was 51 years...
Oct 22, 2016 · Ruth Franklin, biographer of Shirley Jackson, discusses the writer's Jewish background, her husband's literary criticism and their life in Vermont. Learn how Jackson's stories such as "The Lottery" reflect her experiences with anti-Semitism and prejudice.
Jul 11, 2021 · One was addressed to her mother, and the other to her husband, Stanley Edgar Hyman. Both were written not long before Jackson died in her sleep in 1965, at the age of 48.
Dec 17, 2020 · Jackson was just 48 when she died, in 1965, and left behind an extensive backlog of unreleased material. Her husband, the literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman, made little effort to organize...
The papers of Stanley Edgar Hyman (1919-1970) span the years 1932-1978, with the bulk of the material dated from 1938 to Hyman's death in 1970. An innovative and prominent literary critic, Hyman sought to redefine the criteria by which the
