The Shining | Social Concerns
The Shining, Stephen King's third published novel, avoids the sweeping social concerns manifest in such apocalyptic visions as The Stand (1990) and The Mist (1985), or even the more limited examination of society's treatment of the "outsider" figure prevalent in so much of his fiction from Carrie (1974) onward. Despite its powerful supernatural elements, careful readers of this novel have long noted that a great deal of its core interest lies in its examination of a family attempting to function under conditions of extreme stress, and, perhaps most particularly,...
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