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Dissecting Stephen King : From the Gothic to Literary Naturalism.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: A Ray and Pat Browne Book SeriesPublisher: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (321 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780299209735
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dissecting Stephen KingDDC classification:
  • 813/.54
LOC classification:
  • PS3561
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- King, His World, and Its Characters -- Interpreter of the Postmodern Condition -- King's Brand of Horror -- 1. The Gothic in King's Works -- Abnorml and Repressed Sexuality (the Vampire) -- Hubris and Death (Frankenstein's Monster) -- The Gothic Double (the Werewolf) -- The Gothic Melodrama (the Ghost) -- 2. Myths and Fairy Tales in King's Works -- The Hero as a Generic Hybrid (Roland the Gunslinger) -- The Antihero as a Generic Hybrid (Randall Flagg) -- Adapted and Revised Myths and Fairy Tales -- Mythical and Fairy-Tale Themes -- 3. Literary Naturalism in King's Works -- Free Will and Responsibility -- Genetic and Sociological Determinism -- Cosmological Determinism and Fate -- Metafictional Determinism -- Conclusion -- Appendix: A Note on Previous Criticism -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- King, His World, and Its Characters -- Interpreter of the Postmodern Condition -- King's Brand of Horror -- 1. The Gothic in King's Works -- Abnorml and Repressed Sexuality (the Vampire) -- Hubris and Death (Frankenstein's Monster) -- The Gothic Double (the Werewolf) -- The Gothic Melodrama (the Ghost) -- 2. Myths and Fairy Tales in King's Works -- The Hero as a Generic Hybrid (Roland the Gunslinger) -- The Antihero as a Generic Hybrid (Randall Flagg) -- Adapted and Revised Myths and Fairy Tales -- Mythical and Fairy-Tale Themes -- 3. Literary Naturalism in King's Works -- Free Will and Responsibility -- Genetic and Sociological Determinism -- Cosmological Determinism and Fate -- Metafictional Determinism -- Conclusion -- Appendix: A Note on Previous Criticism -- Bibliography -- Index.

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