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Stephen King [Hardcover]

Cindy Dyson , Harold Bloom
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Feb 1 2002 Bloom's BioCritiques
This edition of Bloom's BioCritiques examines the work and life of one of the most popular author of modern times--Stephen King. Known for works such as Carrie and The Shining, King finds little acceptance among literary critics. This title examines his work, his relationship with critics, and provides an extensive biography of the author.

This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School; preeminent literary critic of our time. The lives of the greatest writers of the world are explored in the new series Bloom’s BioCritiques. In addition to a lengthy biography, each book includes an extensive critical analysis of the writer’s work, as well as critical views by important literary critics throughout history. These volumes are the perfect introduction to critical study of the important authors currently read and discussed in high schools, colleges, and graduate schools.


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5.0 out of 5 stars Bloom has a point, despite what we may think July 27 2003
By CLS
Format:Library Binding
Ultimately you can't refute Harold Bloom. He is too powerful and astute a literary critic to be chastised by the common reader. Let me tell you why.

I grew up loving Stephen King, and I still enjoy him now and again, but what the reviewers below me fail to realize is that King has nothing of extraordinary value to add to literature. He may be the world's absolute best-selling author, but one hundred years after his death no one will be reading his works. Why? Because, as Bloom indefatigably argues, only strength can join itself to strength when it comes to literary survival. King doesn't have the aesthetic brilliance, originality, or strange figurative language to sustain his legacy for long. He can only represent and be represented by his space and time, and for those of you who say that it is popular culture that determines the success and trascendence of any product, then I can only shake my head in dismay that American Idol, Britney Spears, and pornography represent the best of our culture. Popular culture is transient, and, thus, King is transient. Shakespeare may have been popular culture, but that is incidental to his literary supremacy. While the masses may have financially supported him, he was still a genius. The masses only ensured that he would write all his plays without having to worry about economic conditions.

While I still read King every once in a while, I attribute this penchant of mine to my inchoate taste and general immaturity. Eventually, my growing sense of discrimination will force me to leave King in favor of others: Shakespeare, Cervantes, Tolstoy, etc. It is sad that this must happen, but finally necessary. We occupy a small bit of time on this vast Earth, and there are too many writers across too many years to focus on the mediocre ones.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Accurate Aug 8 2001
Format:Library Binding
Albeit expensive, this compilation of criticism is worth every penny solely because of Mr. Bloom's pessimistic assessment of what he calls the "King phenomenom."

(Not verbatim) Stephen King marks the death of the Literate Reader in America.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Critical Thieves Jan 31 2000
By A Customer
Format:Library Binding
The most Overpriced compilation of outdated incoherent verbiage I've ever read, and the only redeeming quality of Blooms intro is it's brevity. I'm sure the other lesser writers in the Modern Writers series fair no better, although Blooms critical facility is better suited there.
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