From One Master of Horror to Another: Tracing Poe’s Influence in Stephen King’s The Shining

Maroš Buday
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Abstract This article deals with the work of two of the most prominent horror fiction writers in American history, namely Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King. The focus of this study is put on the comparative approach while tracing the influence of Poe’s several chosen narratives in King’s novel called The Shining (1977). The chosen approach has uncovered that King’s novel embodies numerous characteristics, tendencies, and other signs of inspiration by Poe’s narratives. The Shining encompasses Poe’s tales such as “The Masque of the Red Death”, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, and “The Black Cat” which are shown to be pivotal aspects of King’s novel. The analysis has shown that the aforementioned King’s novel exhibits Shakespearean elements intertwined with Poe’s “Masque of the Red Death”, the Overlook Hotel to be a composite consisting of various Poesque references, and that The Shining’s protagonist is a reflection of autobiographical references to specific aspects of the lives of Poe and King themselves.
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从一个恐怖大师到另一个恐怖大师:追溯坡对斯蒂芬·金《闪灵》的影响
本文探讨了美国历史上最杰出的两位恐怖小说作家——埃德加·爱伦·坡和斯蒂芬·金的作品。本研究的重点是比较方法,同时追踪坡的几个选择的叙述对金的小说《闪灵》(1977)的影响。这种选择的方法揭示了金的小说体现了许多特点、倾向,以及从坡的叙述中获得灵感的其他迹象。《闪灵》包含了爱伦·坡的故事,如《红死魔的假面》、《厄舍家的陷落》和《黑猫》,这些故事被证明是金小说的关键方面。分析表明,前面提到的金的小说与爱伦·坡的《红死病的假面舞会》交织在一起,《俯瞰酒店》是一个由各种诗的参考组成的综合体,《闪灵》的主人公是对爱伦·坡和金自己生活的特定方面的自传体参考的反映。
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