Dissecting Stephen King

From the Gothic to Literary Naturalism

By:

Heidi Strengell

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Paperback / softback

Series:

A Ray and Pat Browne Book

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In 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.

Author Biography:

Heidi Strengell is director of the Language Center at the University of Lapland, Finland.

Release date NZ

March 30th, 2006

Author

Heidi Strengell

Brand

Stephen King

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

320

Series

A Ray and Pat Browne Book

Dimensions

152x229x23

ISBN-13

9780299209742

Product ID

7668514

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