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Misery Study Guide

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by Stephen King
About 6 pages (1,796 words)
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Literary Precedents

Stephen King's most interesting technique in Misery combines the horror genre with the romance. Misery's Child and Misery's Return play upon conventions of gothic romance novels, such as adultery, mystery, and love.

Despite King's adventures in another genre, his main interest remains in fantasy and horror. The plot technique that bridges the dead Misery Chastain of Misery's Child and the living Misery of Misery's Return is the accidental burial of an.....

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Misery from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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