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Dissecting Stephen King : from the Gothic to literary naturalism /
"Heidi Strengell shows that by tapping into the wellsprings of the gothic to reveal contemporary phobias, Stephen 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 o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Madison, Wis. :
University of Wisconsin Press/Popular Press,
©2005.
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| Colección: | Ray and Pat Browne Book Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Heidi Strengell shows that by tapping into the wellsprings of the gothic to reveal contemporary phobias, Stephen 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 a manner of the naturalist tradition, he reinforces a tension between the free will of the individual and the daunting hand of fate."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 308 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780299209735 0299209733 1282269852 9781282269859 9786612269851 6612269855 |