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.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Stephen King’s Transcendent Writers: Stereotypes or Archetypes?
Chapter 2: ‘The Body’
Chapter 3: Carrie
Chapter 4: The Shining
Chapter 5: ’Salem’s Lot
Chapter 6: Stories within Stories: Adolescence and Education
Conclusion
Literature

About the author

Joeri Pacolet teaches philosophy in several schools in and near Leiden, The Netherlands.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Joeri Pacolet
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.02.2019
• EAN: 9780815396727
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-9672-7
• No. of pages: 142
• Series: Research in Analytical Psychology and Jungian Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Popular Culture, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Literary theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers