This week, we continue our thirteenth unit on The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. What are the atomic units of identity, and how do they interact? How does the book operate with — or without — the queer subtext? Is there, at the most basic level, something supernatural about Hill House?
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Next week, chapters six to nine of The Haunting Of Hill House, live on Patreon on Thursday, October 30th at 9PM Central Time.
Footnotes:
- The Haunting Of Hill House
- The Lottery And Other Stories (Shirley Jackson)
- The Letters of Shirley Jackson (Laurence Jackson Hyman)
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