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Writing horror and the body : the fiction of Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Anne Rice / Linda Badley.
LIBRA - Special PS374.H67 B33 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Badley, Linda.
- Series:
- Contributions to the study of popular culture ; 0198-9871 no. 51.
- Contributions to the study of popular culture, 0198-9871 ; no. 51
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rice, Anne, 1941-2021.
- Barker, Clive, 1952-.
- King, Stephen, 1947-.
- Horror tales, American--History and criticism.
- Horror tales, American.
- Popular literature--English-speaking countries--History and criticism.
- Popular literature.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- English-speaking countries.
- King, Stephen, 1947---Criticism and interpretation.
- King, Stephen.
- Barker, Clive, 1952---Criticism and interpretation.
- Barker, Clive.
- Rice, Anne, 1941-2021--Criticism and interpretation.
- Rice, Anne.
- Horror tales, English--History and criticism.
- Horror tales, English.
- Human body in literature.
- Rice, Anne, 1941-.
- Local Subjects:
- King, Stephen, 1947-.
- Barker, Clive, 1952-.
- Rice, Anne, 1941-.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 183 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- ...examines horror fiction as a genre of the fantastic in which images of the body and self are articulated and modified.
- Contents:
- Ch. 1. Flesh Made Word
- Ch. 2. The Sin Eater: Orality, Postliteracy, and the Early Stephen King
- Ch. 3. Stephen King Viewing the Body
- Ch. 4. Clive Barker Writing (from) the Body
- Ch. 5. Transfigured Vampires: Anne Rice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-166), filmography (pages 167-170) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Badley, Linda. Writing horror and the body.
- ISBN:
- 0313297169
- 9780313297168
- OCLC:
- 33132565
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