Gothic fiction, liminality, and popular culture, Stephen King's grotesque social commentary in Salem's lot

This thesis examines Stephen King's best-selling novel 'Salem's Lot, as an example of popular horror fiction, questions and comments on its contemporary society. The approach is interdisciplinary and is based on Victor Turner's theory of structure, antistructure, and liminality a...

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Main Author: Mazur, Christine Teresa
Language:en_US
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/1157