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Autore: | Strengell Heidi |
Titolo: | Dissecting Stephen King [[electronic resource] ] : from the Gothic to literary naturalism / / Heidi Strengell |
Pubblicazione: | Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press/Popular Press, c2005 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina: | 813/.54 |
Soggetto topico: | Horror tales, American - History and criticism |
Gothic revival (Literature) - United States | |
Naturalism in literature | |
Note generali: | "A Ray and Pat Browne book." |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-292) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Dissecting Stephen King |
ISBN: | 0-299-20973-3 |
1-282-26985-2 | |
9786612269851 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910823655003321 |
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