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Besides reading this because it is Stephen King, one should read this because it best represents a certain kind of ghost story about which Americans obsess: the beleaguered American family trying to achieve the American Dream, but just can't catch a break.
You may know The Amityville Horror and perhaps you have seen The Sixth Sense. These ghost stories are so scary because they employ the gothic tropes of a) claustrophobia in space and b) inheritance in time (to use Chris Baldick's definition), ...more
You may know The Amityville Horror and perhaps you have seen The Sixth Sense. These ghost stories are so scary because they employ the gothic tropes of a) claustrophobia in space and b) inheritance in time (to use Chris Baldick's definition), ...more
