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Transcendent writers in Stephen King's fiction : a post-Jungian analysis of the puer aeternus / Joeri Pacolet ; translated by Laura Vroomen.
Van Pelt Library PS3561.I483 Z7845 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pacolet, Joeri, author.
- Series:
- Research in analytical psychology and Jungian studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- King, Stephen, 1947-.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- King, Stephen, 1947---Criticism and interpretation.
- King, Stephen.
- Psychology and literature.
- Archetype (Psychology) in literature.
- Authors in literature.
- Jungian philosophy.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- x, 142 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Transcendent Writers in Stephen King's Fiction combines a post-Jungian critical perspective of the puer aeternus. Offering new insight into King's work, it provides reconceptualisation of the eternal youth to develop a new theory: the concept of the transcendent writer. Transcendent Writers in Stephen King's Fiction will be of interest to Jungian and post-Jungian scholars, philosophers and teachers focusing on the theme of psychological development and identity, and to those studying literature with a particular interest in horror"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Stephen King's transcendent writers: stereotypes or archetypes?
- "Personal myth" in Jungian literary analyses
- Popular culture and adolescence: "Perpetual" versus transcendent
- The stories of King's transcendent writers and their educational potential
- A theoretical account of the transcendent writer
- Outline
- "The body"
- Introduction
- Individuation in "The body": King, Gordon and Gordie
- Conclusion
- Carrie
- Carrie : individuation in adolescence
- The Shining
- From Danny Torrance to Tony
- Jack Torrance: from writer to schizophrenic
- King as transcendent writer
- "Salem's Lot"
- Individuation in "Salem's Lot"
- Barlow
- "Return of the author"
- Stories within stories: adolescence and education
- From prospective to transcendent
- King and education: "Cheap thrills" or "reflective skills."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Pacolet, Joeri. Transcendent writers in Stephen King's fiction.
- ISBN:
- 9780815396727
- 0815396724
- OCLC:
- 1079399984
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