House of Leaves Recap 4 and 5/5: Build a Casket for My Tears: 98

In which Carla goes deeper into the Five and a Half Hallway and The Three Attic Whalestoe Letters of the House of Leaves novel (fourth and fifth episodes in the series). Remember, Mother loves you.

The House of Leaves universe:

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 

The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves 

Poe’s album “Haunted”: Apple, Spotify

Demented domiciles: the term I coined for houses in literature and movies for houses that are just Not Right. My favorite is Anne Rivers Siddons’ The House Next Door.

Referenced and Recommended:
Elizabeth: A Novel of the Unnatural by Jessica Hamilton
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Daphnis and Chloe by Longus
Philip Larkin, The Complete Poems
Pisces: https://thoughtcatalog.com/january-nelson/2021/05/pisces-woman/
The Seafarer: https://oldenglishpoetry.camden.rutgers.edu/the-seafarer/
The Battle of Maldon: https://oldenglishpoetry.camden.rutgers.edu/battle-of-maldon/
Homer’s Odyssey
Aeschylus's Oresteia
Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Journey to the Center of the Earth by H. G. Wells, narrated by Tim Curry
The Deep House
The Descent and The Descent 2
The Blair Witch Project

Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission.



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