Reading Richard Matheson : a Critical Survey.

Richard Matheson (1926-2013) was a prolific author and screenwriter whose career of more than 60 years has shaped the horror and fantasy genres in literature, film, and television. This volume examines seven of Matheson's full-length novels, a sampling of short stories, and several film adaptat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mathews, Cheyenne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014.
Temas:
Matheson, Richard, > 1926-2013 > Criticism and interpretation.
Matheson, Richard, > 1926-2013
1900-1999
Science fiction, American > History and criticism.
Horror tales, American > 20th century > History and criticism.
Gothic revival (Literature) > United States.
Récits d'horreur américains > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature frénétique > États-Unis.
Gothic revival (Literature)
Horror tales, American
Science fiction, American
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • I Am Legend : Influence and Intertextuality
  • "Crawling Out of the Middle Ages"
  • "The Last of the Old Race"
  • "Wild Work"
  • "The World Is Quieter Now"
  • Last-Person Narration
  • Who Killed All the Humans?
  • Norms from the 1950s to Now: Gender, Sexuality, and Race
  • Giant Bugs and Shrinking Men
  • (Male) Matter and Its Dissolution
  • "The Most Monstrous of Monsters"
  • "Amelia" and Trilogy of Terror
  • "The Most Bizarre of All"
  • "Lice-Infested, Mule-Eating Apaches!"
  • The Forms of Matheson's Fiction
  • What Would You Do?
  • A "Private and Particular Hell"
  • (Re)Presenting the Past
  • Locked in Time
  • Another Time
  • Index
  • About the Editors and Contributors.

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