Welcome to spooky season, and our Modern Horror unit on David Sodergren’s The Haar. What is the necessary context for this novel? How does the possibility space of a horror novel work in practice? Is Muriel Margaret McAuley the best protagonist we’ve studied?
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Next week, we continue David Sodergren’s The Haar, live on Patreon on Thursday, October 2nd at 9PM Central Time.
Footnotes:
- The Haar
- You’ve Been Trumped (2011)
- Trump International Golf Links, Scotland
- “Protected sand dunes to lose special status after environmental damage by Trump golf course.” (London School of Economics)
- “‘People have seen through him and he’s not welcome’: Scotland tees up for Trump visit.” (The Guardian)
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