Stephen King | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 16 pages of analysis & critique of Stephen King.

Stephen King | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 16 pages of analysis & critique of Stephen King.
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SOURCE: "The Unexpected and the Inevitable," in Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King, edited by Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller, New American Library, 1986, pp. 83-95.

In the following essay, McDowell asserts that King's novels are effective because of their rhythm.

It was with some hesitation that I agreed to write about Stephen King's work. I was trained as an academic, with an eye towards analysis and criticism, but now I have only contempt for the sapping methods of literary "appreciation" taught in colleges and graduate schools. The idea of analyzing a volume of writing that I think very good seems unappealing and pointless. Increasingly, I find myself in the critical vein that either gushes, "Oh God it's great you've got to read it!" or moans, "Can you believe that anybody would publish this," or is silent from indifference. So that I think the best—and probably...

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