American Literature / Unit 18 AML 1739 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Stephen King and the Popular Novel's Place
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The idea
King was born in Portland, Maine, found H. P. Lovecraft in his attic, taught school, and published Carrie in nineteen seventy-three, his fourth novel but the first to appear. The anchor notes that The Shining was inspired by Shirley Jackson, and the course places him in the canon.
In practice
A horror writer, taught as literature.
Where people slip
Carrie was the fourth written, the first published.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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