Format:
1 Online-Ressource (112 p)
Edition:
1st, New ed
ISBN:
9781453908655
Series Statement:
Modern American Literature 61
Content:
Although studies on Stephen King (1947–) traditionally belong to the field of popular culture, some of his work, such as The Dark Half and popular culture, some of his work, such as The Dark Half and «Secret Window, Secret Garden,» give an insightful perspective on contemporary fiction. Drawing upon methods used in literary analysis and textual interpretation, this book proposes a new reading of Stephen King’s fiction as a literary reflection on the artistic identity of the writer and on writing and shows that horrific descriptions do not necessarily exclude metafiction. Stephen King as a Postmodern Author aims to serve as an introduction to major theories influencing contemporary American literature, such as narratology, psychoanalysis, postmodernism, and various theories of fiction
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments vii; Chapter 1. Introduction 1; Origins of Contemporary Fantastic Fiction 1; Fantastic Fiction: Obtuse versus Obvious 3; The Possibility of a Metafictional Obvious Fantastic Fiction 5; Chapter 2. The Fictitious Writer and His Doppelgänger: A Relationship Shaped by Creative Schizophrenia 11; King's Fictitious Writers and Their Doppelgänger 11; The Scriptural Identity of the Doppelgänger 20; Creative Schizophrenia 28; Chapter 3. The Writing Doppelgänger: The Question of Disguised Literary Identities 37; Pseudonym 37; Plagiarism 42
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Stephen King's Fictitious Writers as Postmodern Characters 52Chapter 4. The Writing Writer: Thinking the Creative Identity 57; Writing Splits 57; Literary References 64; The Erasure of the Boundaries between Reality and Fiction 78; Chapter 5. Conclusion 91; Works Cited 97; Index 103
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781433118227
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781433118227
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3726/978-1-4539-0865-5
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