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Stephen King, "America's Favorite Boogeyman," has sold over 350 million copies of his books, becoming in effect the face of horror fiction. His influence on popular culture has drawn both strong praise and harsh criticism from reviewers and scholars alike. While his popularity cannot be overstated, his work has received relatively little critical attention from the academic world.
Examining King's fiction using modern literary theory, this study reveals the unexpected complexity of 22 short stories and novels, from Carrie to End of Watch. The author finds King using fantasy and horror to expose truths about reality and the human condition.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Carrie: The Truth Within the Lie
2. 'Salem's Lot: The Word Gives Being
3. "The Word Processor of the Gods": The Writer Creates the World
4. The Shining: The Sleep of Reason
5. Pet Sematary: The Spoken Secret
6. Misery: The Death of the Author
7. The Dark Half: The Duplicity of Language
8. "Secret Window, Secret Garden": The Writer's Secrets
9. "The Body": Portrait of the Artist
10. "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet" and "Dedication": Nature, Nurture and the Writer's Psyche
11. The Running Man: Simulacra and Simulation
12. IT: The Unnamable Horror
13. Needful Things: The Linguistics of Brand Names
14. The Green Mile: Remembrance of Things Past
15. Bag of Bones: King's Horror Matures
16. Cell: The Metalinguistics of Technology
17. Lisey's Story: Private Language
18. "Ur": Textual Reality
19. "1922" and "A Good Marriage": The Secret Collection
20. Joyland: Linguistic Registers
21. Revival: Cosmic Horror
22. End of Watch: To Be or Not to Be
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index
