Stephen King's contemporary classics : reflections on the modern master of horror /

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This book looks at the more recent works of fiction by Stephen King as well as an examination of his nonfiction book, On Writing, published in 2000. Works discussed in this volume include Duma Key, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Under the Dome, Joyland, and Dr. Sleep.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Simpson, Philip L., 1964- (Editor ), McAleer, Patrick, 1980- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2015]
Colección:Contemporary American literature.
Temas:
King, Stephen, > 1947- > Criticism and interpretation.
King, Stephen, > 1947-
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part. I. Contemporary classics. "Ordinary miracles": Stephen King's writing (and painting) a "Way back to life" in Duma Key / Hayley Mitchell Haugen
  • A tale of ambiguous morality: Narrative technique in Under the dome / Jennifer L. Miller
  • "There's no place like dome": an assessment of the adaptation of Stephen King's Under the dome into a primetime drama / Tamara Watkins
  • Reading Joyland and Dr. Sleep as complementary stories / Clotilde Landais
  • Part II. Modern horrors. Failure is indeed an option: pride, prophecy, and Roland Deschain's Perpetual quest for the dark tower / Patrick McAleer
  • Trisha McFarland and the tough tootsie: coping with fear in The girl who loved Tom Gordon / Matthew M. Holman
  • "Morality": Stephen King's most disturbing story? / Philip L. Simpson
  • In search for the lost object in a bad place: Stephen King's contemporary Gothic / Alexandra Reuber
  • A different breed: Stephen King's serial killers / Rebecca Frost
  • Stephen King and writing. How to draw a king: Duma Key, Blues, literary modernism, and the artist / Michael Perry
  • It lurks beneath the fold: Stephen King, adaptation, and the pop-up text of The girl who loved Tom Gordon / Carl H. Sederholm
  • Bachman's "found" novels: The regulators, Blaze, and author identity / Kimberly Beal
  • King's toolbox for writing and for life? / Mika Elovaara
  • The blue diamond / Steph Post.

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