02686nam 2200589Ia 450 991082365500332120240418052908.00-299-20973-31-282-26985-29786612269851(CKB)1000000000764416(OCoLC)646808892(CaPaEBR)ebrary10286275(SSID)ssj0000140033(PQKBManifestationID)11137174(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140033(PQKBWorkID)10028511(PQKB)10654065(MiAaPQ)EBC3444818(MdBmJHUP)muse12227(Au-PeEL)EBL3444818(CaPaEBR)ebr10286275(EXLCZ)99100000000076441620041029d2005 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDissecting Stephen King[electronic resource] from the Gothic to literary naturalism /Heidi Strengell1st ed.Madison, Wis. University of Wisconsin Press/Popular Pressc20051 online resource (321 p.) "A Ray and Pat Browne book."0-299-20974-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-292) and index.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.Horror tales, AmericanHistory and criticismGothic revival (Literature)United StatesNaturalism in literatureHorror tales, AmericanHistory and criticism.Gothic revival (Literature)Naturalism in literature.813/.54Strengell Heidi1690942MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823655003321Dissecting Stephen King4066985UNINA