Transcendent writers in Stephen King's fiction : a post-Jungian analysis of the puer aeternus /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pacolet, Joeri (Author)
Other Authors:	Vroomen, Laura (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
Series:	Research in analytical psychology and Jungian studies series.
Subjects:	King, Stephen, > 1947- > Criticism and interpretation. King, Stephen, > 1947- Archetypes in literature. Authors in literature. Jungian philosophy. Psychology and literature. Archetype. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of 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
Introduction
Carrie : individuation in adolescence
Conclusion
The Shining
Introduction
From Danny Torrance to Tony
Jack Torrance: from writer to schizophrenic
King as transcendent writer
Conclusion
"Salem's Lot"
Introduction
Individuation in "Salem's Lot"
Barlow
"Return of the author"
Conclusion
Stories within stories: adolescence and education
From prospective to transcendent
King and education: "Cheap thrills" or "reflective skills."