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Bicks is a Shakespearian scholar and brings that level of close reading to King's work.
She's done a fascinating examination of Pet Sematary and how King uses words to simulate the digging which so central to the story. Words like dirt/grit/grate/gravel are used to build a particular sonic landscape.
Her chapter over The Shining is less focused on the language but on how the novel evolved over its many drafts.
— May 11, 2026 02:56PM
She's done a fascinating examination of Pet Sematary and how King uses words to simulate the digging which so central to the story. Words like dirt/grit/grate/gravel are used to build a particular sonic landscape.
Her chapter over The Shining is less focused on the language but on how the novel evolved over its many drafts.
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Mavrik McMeekan
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I was initially surprised by Bicks's decision to devote a chapter to Night Shift, King's first collection of short stories. She uses the collection to great effect, however, as a means of investigating King's early writing and college years. She goes so far as to read every edition of the student magazine, in which King had a weekly column.
— May 12, 2026 10:09AM
