Episode 6.3: ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ by Shirley Jackson

from The Dark Academicals · host Sophie & Sarah

Our dark academia adjacent book for Season 6 is a classic horror novel from the Queen of the Southern Gothic, Ms Shirley Jackson, and one of Sophie’s favourite authors. It’s officially spooky season so we’re looking at ‘The Haunting of Hill House’. How does the Gothic and horror play into dark academia?In this episode we discuss:- The way that Shirley Jackson pokes fun at horror, while also writing a genuinely terrifying horror novel- The academic approach to studying the occult and supernatural- Eleanor and unreliable narrators

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