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    Gothic Elements in Stephen King’s: The Shining. The classic elements were invented by Horace Walpole in 1764 in his novel The Castle Of Qtranto. These elements have been used in a variety of ways in different aspects books films short stories even today. Stephen King uses these elements in his novel The Shining alternating them to fit his needs. The first classic element is the incorporation of setting in an old castle‚ with secret rooms scary passages‚ underground burial vaults. Seeming abandoned

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    Explanation Essay: Thinner Best Seller Upper Iowa University Abstract Stephen King is the author of over thirty novels‚ many short stories‚ several screenplays and other literature‚ and has remained on‚ or at least been a staple on the best seller list. Over his career of writing his literature has gained criticism and praise‚ depending on who you are asking. Whether or not the novel Thinner is best seller material again would depend on who you inquire with. I will not attempt to say whether

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    Stephen King Stephen King once said‚ “A lot of us grow up and we grow out of the literal interpretation that we get when we are children‚ but we bear the scars all our life. Whether they are scars of ugliness or scars of beauty‚ it is pretty much in the eye of the beholder.” Stephen King is an American horror writer born in Maine in 1947 to a low income family. He would write constantly from a young age until he finally hit his big break in 1973. Using his upbringing‚ love for writing‚ and real

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    Andrew Delbanco‚ writer for New Republic‚ suggested that “Crane’s likely attitude toward such questions: One sees what one prefers”. The experiences and lessons portrayed in Stephen Crane’s works are based on his own personal vision and sense of integrity. (“Stephen Crane”) Crane’s works very often rebuke traditional ideologies and inquires about things that religions aren’t necessarily concerned about. (Vanouse) He loves to analyze and interpret human actions when undergoing terrible and often faith-testing

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    arrived just outside of an impoverished town in Tennessee. They were led by Stephen Gaskin‚ a former professor at San Francisco State College. In 1968‚ he began a class on psychedelic experiences and world religions called Monday Night Class. Soon‚ this class was attracting over a thousand people a week. In 1970‚ ministers and theologians from the American Academy of Religion attended a Monday Night Class‚ and asked Stephen Gaskin to speak to their churches across the country. He agreed‚ and two

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    Stephen Sondheim‚ hailed by many as a genius‚ has had a long and illustrious career in Broadway musical theatre spanning five decades. During those fifty-some years‚ Sondheim has essentially reinvented the Broadway musical. The Sondheim canon shows three distinct ways Sondheim has contributed to musical theatre. First of all‚ the difficulty of Stephen Sondheim’s music has raised the standard of musical theatre. Actors simply cannot stand onstage and sing as they used to in the days of Gershwin and

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    Stephen King is perhaps the most widely known American writer of his generation‚ yet his distinctions include publishing as two authors at once: Beginning in 1966‚ he wrote novels that were published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. When twelve‚ he began submitting stories for sale. At first ignored and then scorned by mainstream critics‚ by the late 1980’s his novels were reviewed regularly in The New York Times Book Review‚ with increasing favor. Beginning in 1987‚ most of his novels were main

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    a ship sinking and its crew abandoning the vessel in a lifeboat with only the thought of survival‚ unware of what dangers await them in the darkness of the sea. Ironically this is the grim reality of the men in the story The Open Boat written by Stephen Crane. What makes this story interesting is the fact that Crane was actually a passenger on the Commodore when it sank. During this time in American history it seems to be several shipwrecks along the coast of Florida. For the author he witnessed

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    The Dead Zone Stephen King’s The Dead Zone has been a bestseller‚ but it has also been banned or challenged. The Dead Zone is about an average man named John Smith. Things were going great for him‚ until he was in a car accident‚ which caused him to go into a coma for five and a half years. After he came out of the coma‚ he gained the ability to see the future. Throughout the book‚ you see John trying to regain what he once had. All of Stephen King’s books have received outstanding critical

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    Comparison of Jack London and Stephen Crane. Jack London and Stephen Crane were both well-known literary naturalists who died at relatively early ages. Despite having lived such a short life‚ Jack London lived a full life. He has achieved wide popularity abroad‚ with his work being translated into more than fifty languages‚ as well as having written fifty literary works in eighteen years. His stories in the naturalistic mode still continue to influence writers today. Stephen Crane was also an accomplished

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