Hungerstone

In Hungerstone, does the equation of hunger with agency ultimately frame liberation as a creative or a destructive act?

How does Kat Dunn’s Hungerstone reinterpret the queer gothic archetype of the female vampire established in J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla (1872)?

How does Dunn use Lenore’s first-person narration to complicate the reader’s judgment of her increasingly violent actions throughout the novel?

Is Carmilla better understood as a supernatural liberator guiding Lenore toward selfhood or as a manipulative predator seeking an ally? Cite evidence from the text to support your argument.

After researching the Sheffield Outrages of the 1860s, how does the novel’s use of this history shape its argument about violence and justice?

How does the novel contrast the domestic violence of Nethershaw with the industrial violence of the Ajax Works to critique their shared patriarchal source?

How does the novel’s imagery of blood, from menstruation to industrial accidents and finally to predation, redefine the nature of monstrosity and victimhood?

To what extent is Cora a victim of patriarchal systems versus a willing accomplice whose naivete enables Henry’s violence?