The Emperor of Ice-Cream
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This mention pertains to the poem 'The Emperor of Ice-Cream,' which King used as an epigraph in Salem's Lot; it reflects the poem’s striking imagery and its influence on King’s associative thinking.
Wallace Stevens’s poem juxtaposes ordinary life with mortality and calls for a robust engagement with the sensual world in the face of death.
King referenced the poem as both a genuine influence and a way to signal literary seriousness.
The poem’s dense symbolism invites varied interpretations and has been influential in modernist poetry studies.
Wallace Stevens’s poem juxtaposes ordinary life with mortality and calls for a robust engagement with the sensual world in the face of death.
King referenced the poem as both a genuine influence and a way to signal literary seriousness.
The poem’s dense symbolism invites varied interpretations and has been influential in modernist poetry studies.
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