What is the “night journey” in the context of Stephen King? First, Winter shows how all of King’s works deal with some sort of journey. The idea of story as a journey is not new. Joseph Campbell is well known for his “Hero’s Journey”, and I’ve often encountered the aphorism that “the main character …

I’m scrapping the chapter-by-chapter approach for my discussion on Douglas Winter’s book. Instead, I’ve decided to do a series of posts, each of which discusses what I found to be the most critical and relevant elements in Winter’s analysis. Here’s a list of topics I …

Chapter 3 - Carrie In chapter 3, Winter begins his critical analysis of King’s work with Carrie. Here’s what I took from this chapter: Winter considers Carrie to be King’s most eccentric work. In part, it seems, due to the epistolary structure. Right from the start, King’s …