LEADER 03906nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910959679203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612269851 010 $a9780299209735 010 $a0299209733 010 $a9781282269859 010 $a1282269852 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(Perlego)4408409 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000764416 100 $a20041029d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDissecting Stephen King $efrom the Gothic to literary naturalism /$fHeidi Strengell 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMadison, Wis. $cUniversity of Wisconsin Press/Popular Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 300 $a"A Ray and Pat Browne book." 311 08$a9780299209742 311 08$a0299209741 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. 330 8 $aIn a thoughtful, well-informed study exploring fiction from throughout Stephen King's immense oeuvre, Heidi Strengell shows how this popular writer enriches his unique brand of horror by building on the traditions of his literary heritage. Tapping into the wellsprings of the gothic to reveal contemporary phobias, 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 the manner of the naturalist tradition, he reinforces a tension between the free will of the individual and the daunting hand of fate. Ultimately, Strengell shows how King shatters our illusions of safety and control: "King places his decent and basically good characters at the mercy of indifferent forces, survival depending on their moral strength and the responsibility they may take for their fellow men." 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$01813210 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959679203321 996 $aDissecting Stephen King$94366096 997 $aUNINA