Stephen King's modern macabre : essays on the later works / edited by Patrick McAleer and Michael A. Perry.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McAleer, Patrick, 1980- editor.

Perry, Michael A., 1973- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

King, Stephen, 1947---Criticism and interpretation.

King, Stephen.

King, Stephen, 1947-.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

ix, 209 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]

Summary:

"As Stephen King has continued to publish numerous works beyond one high point of his career, in the 1980s, scholarship has not always kept up with his output. This volume presents 13 essays on many of King's recent writings that have not received the critical attention of his earlier, more popular work"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I King in the World Around Us

Fantasy in Fiction: The Double-Edged Sword / Jennifer Jenkins Jenkins, Jennifer 10

King Me: Inviting New Perceptions and Purposes of the Popular and Horrific into the College Classroom / Michael A. Perry Perry, Michael A. 24

A Taste for the Public: Uncle Stevie's Work for Entertainment Weekly / Scott Ash Ash, Scott 41

The World at Large, America in Particular: Cultural Fears and Societal Mayhem in King's Fiction Since 1995 / Mary Findley Findley, Mary 56

Part II Spotlight on The Dark Tower

Roland the Gunslinger's Generic Transformation / Michele Braun Braun, Michele 66

"Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came": The Heroic Aspects of the Gunslinger / T. Gilchrist White White, T. Gilchrist 81

Riddles Wrapped in Mystery Inside Enigmas: Anglo-Saxon Literature as the Key to Unlocking the Ending of The Dark Tower Series / Jennifer D. Loman Loman, Jennifer D. 93

A Rose, a Stone, an Unfound Door: Metaphor and Intertextuality in The Dark Tower Series / Georgianna O. Miller Miller, Georgianna O. 107

Part III Writing into the Millennium

Survival of the Sweetest: Little Miss Bosox and the Saving Grace of Baseball in The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon / Abigail L. Bowers Bowers, Abigail L., Lowell Mick White White, Lowell Mick 122

More Than Just Ghost Lore in a Bad Place: Mikael Hårtröm's Cinematographic Translation of 1408 / Alexandra Reuber Reuber, Alexandra 136

"Born in Sin": Millennial Anxiety in Storm of the Century / Philip L. Simpson Simpson, Philip L. 150

The Fallen King(dom): Surviving Ruin and Decay from The Stand to Cell / Patrick McAleer McAleer, Patrick 168

"The Word Pool, Where We All Go Down to Drink": The Irresistible Pull of Language in Lisey's Story / Jennifer Alberico Alberico, Jennifer 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786494002

078649400X

OCLC:

881440547