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Contents Abbreviations ix Introduction 3 King, His World, and Its Characters 7 Interpreter of the Postmodern Condition 17 King's Brand of Horror 22 1. The Gothic in King's Works 28 Abnormal and Repressed Sexuality (the Vampire) 33 Hubris and Death (Frankenstein's Monster) 53 The Gothic Double (the Werewolf) 68 The Gothic Melodrama (the Ghost) 86 2. Myths and Fairy Tales in King's Works 108 The Hero as a Generic Hybrid (Roland the Gunslinger) 117 The Antihero as a Generic Hybrid (Randall Flagg) 136 Adapted and Revised Myths and Fairy Tales 156 Mythical and Fairy-Tale Themes 168 vii Copyrighted Material Vlll 3. Literary Naturalism in King's Works Free Will and Responsibility Genetic and Sociological Determinism Cosmological Determinism and Fate Metafictional Determinism Conclusion Appendix: A Note on Previous Criticism Bibliography Index Copyrighted Material Contents 254 269 275 293 ...

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