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The Gothic King - Stephen King und die Tradition der Schauerliteratur

Author : Thorsten Wilms
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638809552
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (388 download)

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Download or read book The Gothic King - Stephen King und die Tradition der Schauerliteratur written by Thorsten Wilms and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2007-06-15 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Amerikanistik - Literatur, Note: 1,00, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (Philosophische Fakultät), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit geht der Frage nach, in wie weit der populäre Gattungsbegriff „Horror“, mit dem Stephen King allgemein identifiziert wird, ausreicht, um seine Werke zu beschreiben. Ist King nicht viel eher ein Repräsentant der „Gothic Fiction“ bzw. des geographisch einschränkenden Begriffs „American Gothic Fiction“, welches in erster Linie Elemente der „Novels of Terror“ und seltener der „Novels of Horror“ aufgreift? Die Arbeit ist in zwei Teile gegliedert, welche sich von einem umfassenden Überblick, bis hin zu einer detaillierten Analyse einzelner Stilmittel, dem Autor und seinen Werken nähern. Der erste Teil schafft eine Übersicht und eine wissenschaftliche Basis über das Genre Gothic Fiction und die stattfindenden Weiterentwicklungen von Gothic Fiction in Amerika. Dass die politischen und gesellschaftlichen Situationen der jeweiligen Zeit einen großen Einfluss speziell auf Gothic Fiction hatten und haben, verdeutlicht die Betrachtung der American Gothic. Die Entwicklung des Gothic Genres in der Moderne wird ebenfalls im ersten Teil der Arbeit beleuchtet. Der zweite Teil dieser Arbeit befasst sich mit dem Autor Stephen King und seinen Texten. Hier erfolgt die Anwendung der im ersten Teil definierten Kategorien. Zur Einordnung von Kings Werken und zur Herausarbeitung der Gothic Tradition geht Wilms auf die Entwicklung und die Person des Autors ein und analysiere die politische und gesellschaftliche Situation der 70er Jahre. Hier wird deutlich, dass King sich seiner literarischen Vorgänger durchaus bewusst ist und die Konventionen der Gothic Fiction, speziell der American Gothic Fiction nutzt, um seine Romane auf zwei Ebenen wirken zu lassen: Als Erzählungen, die „excessive emotions“ im Leser generieren, und als Artikulation der Schattenseiten Amerikas und seiner Geschichte. Die kritische Rezeption würdigte dies bisher nur in Maßen, was auf den Umstand zurückzuführen ist, dass Literaturkritiker die Popularität von Stephen King nicht mit der dem American Gothic eigenen Subversivität in Einklang bringen können. Diese Arbeit will zeigen, dass Stephen Kings Werke ein Beispiel für kommerziell erfolgreiche und gleichzeitig subversive Literatur sind. Zum Autor: Herr Wilms gehörte ebenfalls zum Redaktionsteam der beiden Reiseführer-Besteseller „WeekendLovers 1&2“ (DuMont Reiseverlag) und ist Redakteur des Horror-Magazins "Virus".

Stephen King's Gothic

Author : John Sears
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1783164719
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book Stephen King's Gothic written by John Sears and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the works of Stephen King, one of the world’s best-selling horror writers, through the lenses offered by contemporary literary and cultural theory. This title argues that King’s writing explores many of the issues analysed by critics and philosophers.

The Gothic World of Stephen King

Author : Gary Hoppenstand
Publisher : Popular Press
ISBN 13 : 9780879724115
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (241 download)

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Download or read book The Gothic World of Stephen King written by Gary Hoppenstand and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen King’s popularity lies in his ability to reinterpret the standard Gothic tale in new and exciting ways. Through his eyes, the conventional becomes unconventional and wonderful. King thus creates his own Gothic world and then interprets it for us. This book analyzes King’s interpretations and his mastery of popular literature. The essays discuss adolescent revolt, the artist as survivor, the vampire in popular literature, and much more.

Gothic Motifs in Stephen King's Work With Special Regard to Salem's Lot and The Shining

Author : Judith Schwickart
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638378365
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (383 download)

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Download or read book Gothic Motifs in Stephen King's Work With Special Regard to Salem's Lot and The Shining written by Judith Schwickart and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2005-05-17 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Trier, course: Der englische Schauerroman, 13 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Stephen King is one of the most published contemporary authors. He has written more than 50 novels and movie scripts, some of them under the pseudonym of Richard Bachmann. His stories deal with the supernatural, with aliens or the abysses of the human mind. Due to his topics, his books are often regarded as trivial literature by many of his readers and also by people who have never read a single one of his books and who only judge him by his name. But what these critics seem to miss is the fact that Stephen King has adapted many themes and motifs from highly regarded authors of classic Gothic fiction, such as Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe and Bram Stoker, to mention just a few. In each of Stephen King’s books, the reader can identify traces of classic Gothic fiction, although the topics and settings are normally adapted to modern times. Stephen King says of himself that ‘most of my [Stephen King’s] books have been derivative to some extent...’ (Bloom, p.96), which is not surprising regarding his educational background: After studying English at the University of Maine, Stephen King worked as a high school teacher, although he did not get too much teaching practice due to the commercial success of his books. Therefore, it is not very surprising that Stephen King uses the sources he has become acquainted with during his studies. He uses the motifs of Gothic novels in different ways and in many of his books. In fact, he says that ‘what I [Stephen King] try to do...is to pour new wine from old bottles’ (Bloom, p.96). What I would like to do in this term paper is to show some of the Gothic motifs Stephen King uses in his books and in what way he uses them. For this purpose, I have chosen two novels from Stephen King’s earlier working period: Salem’s Lot and The Shining. But before actually beginning the comparison between Stephen King’s books and classic Gothic novels I will give an overview over the characteristic features of Gothic writing in order to enable the reader to identify the tradition Stephen King’s writing stands in.

Dissecting Stephen King

Author : Heidi Strengell
Publisher : Popular Press
ISBN 13 : 9780299209742
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Dissecting Stephen King written by Heidi Strengell and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 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."

Landscape of Fear

Author : Tony Magistrale
Publisher : Popular Press
ISBN 13 : 9780879724054
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Landscape of Fear written by Tony Magistrale and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the very first books to take Stephen King seriously, Landscape of Fear (originally published in 1988) reveals the source of King's horror in the sociopolitical anxieties of the post-Vietnam, post-Watergate era. In this groundbreaking study, Tony Magistrale shows how King's fiction transcends the escapism typical of its genre to tap into our deepest cultural fears: "that the government we have installed through the democratic process is not only corrupt but actively pursuing our destruction, that our technologies have progressed to the point at which the individual has now become expendable, and that our fundamental social institutions-school, marriage, workplace, and the church-have, beneath their veneers of respectability, evolved into perverse manifestations of narcissism, greed, and violence." Tracing King's moralist vision to the likes of Twain, Hawthorne, and Melville, Landscape of Fear establishes the place of this popular writer within the grand tradition of American literature. Like his literary forbears, King gives us characters that have the capacity to make ethical choices in an imperfect, often evil world. Yet he inscribes that conflict within unmistakably modern settings. From the industrial nightmare of "Graveyard Shift" to the breakdown of the domestic sphere in The Shining, from the techno-horrors of The Stand to the religious fanaticism and adolescent cruelty depicted in Carrie, Magistrale charts the contours of King's fictional landscape in its first decade.

Stephen King

Author : Harold Bloom
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143811544X
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Stephen King written by Harold Bloom and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a biography of author Stephen King along with critical views of his work.

Stephen King in the New Millennium

Author : Despoina N. Feleki
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781527504073
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Stephen King in the New Millennium written by Despoina N. Feleki and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This exciting exploration of Stephen King's digital writing maneuvers and electronic ventures on online platforms and e-readers unravels the author' latest writing techniques and justifies his unprecedented success in the new millennium. It investigates the latest additions to the Master of Horror's 'toolbox' by studying King's media presence and writing oeuvre in the twenty-first century through online projects, such as his videogame Discordia. The book closely traces King's shifts from print to the digital as he crafts his stories to share with his constant readers. Its examination of King's re-vitalized Gothic sheds light on his shift towards new realizations that take into consideration the needs and tastes of the contemporary consuming public in a constant dialogue with their contemporary fears and anxieties.While exploring King's literary generic and technological crossovers, the book stresses the need for an encompassing theory that takes into account literary tradition, norms, and motifs adjusted according to the materialities and technological specificities of each medium in specific socio-cultural and economic contexts."

Stephen King

Author : Tony Magistrale
Publisher : New York : Twayne Publishers ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Stephen King written by Tony Magistrale and published by New York : Twayne Publishers ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International. This book was released on 1992 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twayne's United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works. Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an author's work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volume addresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writer's work. Each volume features: -- A critical, interpretive study and explication of the author's works -- A brief biography of the author -- An accessible chronology outlining the life, the work, and relevant historical context -- Aids for further study: complete notes and references, a selected annotated bibliography and an index -- A readable style presented in a manageable length

The Moral Voyages of Stephen King

Author : Tony Magistrale
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 155742070X
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (574 download)

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Download or read book The Moral Voyages of Stephen King written by Tony Magistrale and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magistrale discusses the themes that turn King's fiction into morality tales.

Readings on Stephen King

Author : Karin Susan Coddon
Publisher : Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Readings on Stephen King written by Karin Susan Coddon and published by Greenhaven Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2004 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology collects representative critical essays, reviews, and commentary from the author himself about his body of work. King's life, his development as a writer, his literary influences, and important themes and motifs in his fiction are considered from a variety of perspectives, including feminist theory, sociological criticism, and the traditions of Gothic horror.

Stephen King's America

Author : Jonathan P. Davis
Publisher : Popular Press
ISBN 13 : 9780879726485
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Stephen King's America written by Jonathan P. Davis and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows themes relating to life in America as they thread through the many works of popular horror writer King. Among them are personal morality, childhood innocence and adult corruption, technology, capitalism, autonomy and conformity, and survival. Includes four interviews with experts on King's writing. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Stephen King and the Uncanny Imaginary

Author : Erin Mercer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100093019X
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Stephen King and the Uncanny Imaginary written by Erin Mercer and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-25 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering an insightful examination of Stephen King’s fiction, this book utilises a psychoanalytical approach drawing on Freud’s theory of the uncanny. It demonstrates how entrenched King’s work is in a literary tradition influenced by psychoanalytic theory, as well as the ways that King evades and amends Freud. Such an approach positions King’s texts not simply as objects of interpretation that might yield latent meaning, but as producers of meaning. King can certainly be read through the lens of the uncanny, but this book also aims to consider the uncanny through the lens of King. Organised around specific elements of the uncanny that can be found in King’s fiction, this book explores the themes of death and the return of the dead, monstrosity, telepathy, inanimate objects becoming menacingly animate, and spooky children. Popular texts are considered, such as IT, The Shining, and Pet Sematary, as well as less discussed work, including The Institute, The Regulators and Desperation. The book’s central argument is that King’s uncanny motifs offer insightful commentary on what is repressed in contemporary culture and insist on the failure of scientific rationalism to explain the world. King’s uncanny imaginary rejects dualistic notions of an experiencing self in an inert physical world and insists that psychic experience is bound up with the environmental. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of contemporary and popular literature, gothic and horror studies, and cultural studies.

Revival

Author : Stephen King
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781444789225
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Revival written by Stephen King and published by Hodder & Stoughton Limited. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spectacularly dark and electrifying novel about addiction, religion, music and what might exist on the other side of life. In a small New England town, in the early 60s, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Charles Jacobs. Soon they forge a deep bond, based on their fascination with simple experiments in electricity. Decades later, Jamie is living a nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll. Now an addict, he sees Jacobs again - a showman on stage, creating dazzling 'portraits in lightning' - and their meeting has profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings. This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. It's a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.

Gothic Horror

Author : Clive Bloom
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312212391
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Gothic Horror written by Clive Bloom and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1998 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology presents classic and contemporary accounts of modern gothic horror writing, as well as essays from current literary scholars, providing an essential guide to the genre and the variety of approaches possible when discussing the literature of terror.

The Modern Stephen King Canon

Author : Patrick McAleer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781498572804
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book The Modern Stephen King Canon written by Patrick McAleer and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection recognized writers and scholars discuss and analyze Stephen King's contemporary works. The contributors comment on and critique numerous aspects of King's literature, including his take on violent criminals, his craft, and his use of the Gothic.

Stephen King, the Art of Darkness

Author : Douglas E. Winter
Publisher : Dutton Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Stephen King, the Art of Darkness written by Douglas E. Winter and published by Dutton Adult. This book was released on 1984 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives a personal look at the man, husband, father and writer who became "Master of the Macabre." Also describes how works were conceived and written.