The Linguistics of Stephen King
Layered Language and Meaning in the Fiction
Author: James Arthur Anderson
Stephen King, “America's Favorite Boogeyman,” has sold over 350 million copies of his books, becoming in effect the face of horror fiction. While his popularity cannot be overstated, his work has received relatively little critical attention. Examining King's fiction using modern literary theory, this study reveals the unexpected complexity of 22 short stories and novels.
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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. While his popularity cannot be overstated, his work has received relatively little critical attention. Examining King's fiction using modern literary theory, this study reveals the unexpected complexity of 22 short stories and novels.
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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. Examine 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.
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“"impressively informative, thought-provoking, and inherently fascinating...critically important...highly recommended"-- Midwest Book Review .”
“impressively informative, thought-provoking, and inherently fascinating...critically important...highly recommended”—Midwest Book Review; “employs concepts of modern literary theory to analyze the work of American horror writer Stephen King. Written from a scholarly perspective, the book is accessible to devoted fans”—ProtoView.
About the Author
James Arthur Anderson is a professor at Johnson & Wales University's North Miami Florida campus where he teaches writing, literature, and science fiction. He has published book-length critical studies on H.P. Lovecraft and Ray Bradbury, and received The Rocky Wood Memorial Scholarship for Nonfiction from the Horror Writers Association in 2016.
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