Landscape of fear : Stephen King's American Gothic /
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 t...
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[Bowling Green, Ohio] :
Bowling Green State University Popular Press,
[1988], ©1988
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Toward an American gothic : Stephen King and the romance tradition
- 2 "Crumbling castles of sand" : the social landscape of King's fiction
- 3 Motorized monsters : the betrayal of technology
- 4 "Barriers not meant to be broken" : dark journeys of the soul
- 5 Inherited haunts : Stephen King's terrible children
- 6 In flight to freedom : the voyage to selfhood and survival
- 7 Conclusions and clowns : It as summary and recapitulation
- Stephen King : a guide to scholarship, 1980-1987
- Chapter 1 Toward an American Gothic: Stephen King and the Romance Tradition 11
- Chapter 2 "Crumbling Castles of Sand": The Social Landscape of King's Fiction 23
- Chapter 3 Motorized Monsters: The Betrayal of Technology 41
- Chapter 4 "Barriers Not Meant to be Broken": Dark Journeys of the Soul 53
- Chapter 5 Inherited Haunts: Stephen King's Terrible Children 73
- Chapter 6 In Flight to Freedom: The Voyage to Selfhood and Survival 90
- Chapter 7 Conclusions and Clowns: It as Summary and Recapitulation 109
- Selected Bibliography: Stephen King: A Guide to Scholarship, 1980-1987 / Marshall B. Tymn 125