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<p>One of the most prolific and popular contemporary novelists, Stephen King has a devoted following of captivated readers. This is the first critical work on King to examine his most recent novels, <i>Dolores Claiborne</i>, <i>Insomnia</i>, and <i>Rose Madder</i>, and to analyze the many threads of his fiction in a way that is accessible to young adults and general readers. It is designed to help the reader understand the carefully organized narrative structure of his novels, the relation of his fiction to the horror and science fiction genres and to each other, character development, and stylistic and thematic concerns that recur and evolve throughout his work. Following a biographical chapter that links his life to the development of his fiction, Russell offers an overview chapter on all his novels. Individual chapters examine nine representative novels: in addition to the three mentioned above, Russell examines <i>Salem's Lot</i>, <i>The Shining</i>, <i>The Stand</i>, <i>The Dark Half</i>, <i>The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands</i>, and <i>Needful Things</i>. A complete bibliography of all Stephen King's work, critical sources, and a listing of reviews of the novels examined in

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Author

Russell, Sharon A., 1941-

Publisher

Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780313294174

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Horror, Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction