The suspense of horror and the horror of suspense / by Maria Anastasova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anastasova, Maria, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

King, Stephen, 1947---Film adaptations.

King, Stephen.

Horror films--United States--History and criticism.

Horror films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 219 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

This book presents a detailed academic study of suspense building in Stephen King's horror novels The Shining and Carrie and their respective film adaptations. Two film versions of each book are taken into consideration - one released immediately after the novel publication and one that appeared decades later. After providing a general idea of what suspense as a phenomenon related to fiction is, the study establishes some repeated plot-bound suspense motifs and episodes in the literary works, and traces their development in the films in order to demonstrate the similarities and differences in the techniques of achieving suspense in literature and in cinema. The model detailed here can also be used for individual or comparative suspense analysis of other literary or cinematic works.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

General Conclusions

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Bibliography

List of Pictures.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781527519046

152751904X

OCLC:

1061106219