Dissecting Stephen King :: from the Gothic to literary naturalism /

"Heidi Strengell shows that by tapping into the wellsprings of the gothic to reveal contemporary phobias, Stephen King invokes the abnormal and repressed sexuality of the vampire, the hubris of Frankenstein, the split identity of the werewolf, the domestic melodrama of the ghost tale. Drawing o...

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1. Verfasser: Strengell, Heidi
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press/Popular Press, ©2005.
Schriftenreihe:Ray and Pat Browne Book Ser.
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Zusammenfassung:"Heidi Strengell shows that by tapping into the wellsprings of the gothic to reveal contemporary phobias, Stephen King invokes the abnormal and repressed sexuality of the vampire, the hubris of Frankenstein, the split identity of the werewolf, the domestic melodrama of the ghost tale. Drawing on myths and fairy tales, he creates characters who, like the heroic Roland the Gunslinger and the villainous Randall Flagg, may either reinforce or subvert the reader's childlike faith in society. And in a manner of the naturalist tradition, he reinforces a tension between the free will of the individual and the daunting hand of fate."--Jacket
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 308 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and index.
ISBN:9780299209735
0299209733
1282269852
9781282269859
9786612269851
6612269855

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