LEADER 02686nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910823655003321 005 20240418052908.0 010 $a0-299-20973-3 010 $a1-282-26985-2 010 $a9786612269851 035 $a(CKB)1000000000764416 035 $a(OCoLC)646808892 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10286275 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000140033 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11137174 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140033 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10028511 035 $a(PQKB)10654065 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444818 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12227 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444818 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10286275 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000764416 100 $a20041029d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDissecting Stephen King$b[electronic resource] $efrom the Gothic to literary naturalism /$fHeidi Strengell 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMadison, Wis. $cUniversity of Wisconsin Press/Popular Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 300 $a"A Ray and Pat Browne book." 311 $a0-299-20974-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 275-292) and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 606 $aHorror tales, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGothic revival (Literature)$zUnited States 606 $aNaturalism in literature 615 0$aHorror tales, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGothic revival (Literature) 615 0$aNaturalism in literature. 676 $a813/.54 700 $aStrengell$b Heidi$01690942 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823655003321 996 $aDissecting Stephen King$94066985 997 $aUNINA