Stephen King (born 1947) is a prolific and immensely popular author of horror fiction. In his works, King blends elements of the traditional gothic tale with those of the modern psychological thriller...
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Stephen King was born September 21, 1947 in Portland, Maine, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. Two years later, his father, a merchant seaman, went to the grocery store for a pa...
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Stephen King has written twenty-six novels (including five under the pen name Richard Bachman), five collections of short fiction, one book of criticism, six screenplays, and other short works. Accord...
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Critical Essay by Kirkus Reviews
It will take all of King's monumental by line-insurance to drum up an audience for [Different Seasons, a] bottom-of-the-trunk collection: four overpadded novel...
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Critical Essay by Bill Ott
Readers who are drawn to what Stephen King calls the "gooshy parts" of his books—arms mangled by garbage disposals, etc.—may find themselves a l...
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Critical Essay by Thomas Gifford
It's not often that a single individual puts you in mind of both J. B. Priestley and Yogi Berra, but when someone does you might as well pay attention. An extr...
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Critical Essay by Kenneth Atchity
In the afterword to [Different Seasons], Stephen King calls his "stuff" "fairly plain, not very literary, and sometimes (although it hurts like ...
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Critical Essay by Alan Cheuse
Over the last decade Mr. King has certainly not wanted for ears; he is one of the most popular writers of our era. But unlike other vulgar—in the root sense of sp...
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Gifford is an American novelist and critic. In the following review, he lauds King's conversational writing style in Different Seasons.
It's not often that a single individual puts yo...
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Atchity is an American poet, editor, educator, and critic. In the following review, he offers a positive assessment of Different Seasons.
In the afterword to [Different Seasons], Stephen King calls...
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Cheuse is an American novelist, short story writer, autobiographer, and critic. In the following review of Different Seasons, he articulates King's strong points and shortcomings as a fiction w...
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Budrys is a russian-born novelist, short story writer, editor, and critic. In the following review, he lauds King's storytelling method in Different Seasons, comparing King's style to th...
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Winter is an American fiction writer and critic. In the following essays, he examines The Mist and Different Seasons.
In The Mist, Stephen King conjures the quintessential faceless horror: a white ...
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Teaching Different Seasons
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