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Stephen King's contemporary classics : reflections on the modern master of horror / edited by Philip L. Simpson and Patrick McAleer.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Contemporary American literature (Rowman & Littlefield, Inc.)
- Contemporary American Literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- King, Stephen, 1947---Criticism and interpretation.
- King, Stephen.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (243 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, [Maryland] : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Contemporary Classics; 1 "Ordinary Miracles"; 2 A Tale of Ambiguous Morality; 3 "There's No Place Like Dome"; 4 Reading Joyland and Doctor Sleep as Complementary Stories; Part II: Modern Horrors; 5 Failure Is Indeed an Option; 6 Trisha McFarland and the Tough Tootsie; 7 "Morality"; 8 In Search of the Lost Object in a Bad Place; 9 A Different Breed; Part III: Stephen King and Writing; 10 How to Draw a King; 11 It Lurks Beneath the Fold; 12 Bachman's "Found" Novels; 13 King's Toolbox; 14 "The Blue Diamond"; Bibliography; Index
- About the Editors and Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4422-4491-7
- OCLC:
- 896794275
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