James Arthur Anderson

Excavating Stephen King

A Darwinist Hermeneutic Study of the Fiction

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Produktbeschreibung

This book combines approaches from science, literary theory, and philosophy to examine the canon of Stephen King's fiction from a Darwinist hermeneutic perspective in one critical study.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781793628626
• ISBN-10: 1793628629
• Artikelnr.: 60064139

Autorenporträt

James Arthur Anderson is a professor at Johnson & Wales University's North Miami Florida campus where he teaches writing, literature, and science fiction. He has published book-length critical studies on H.P. Lovecraft and Ray Bradbury, and received The Rocky Wood Memorial Scholarship for Nonfiction from the Horror Writers Association in 2016.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Stephen King, Fast Food or Five Star?
Part 1: Archetypes: Structuralism Meets Darwin
Chapter 1: The Hero's Quest
Chapter 2: The Trickster: King's Tricks and Treats
Chapter 3: In the Beginning... The Creation of the Multiverse
Chapter 4: Silenced by Science: the Anthropocene Apocalypse in Cell
Part 2: Human Universals
Chapter 5 : The Stand: Survival of the Ethical Fittest
Chapter 6: Religion: King as the "Dark Theologian"
Chapter 7: Free Will: Robots or Wildcards
Chapter 8: Time and 11/22/63
Chapter 9: Nostalgia and Things Past
Part 3: Affective Emotions
Chapter 10: The Battle of the Sexes
Chapter 11: What's Love Got to Do with It?
Chapter 12: Family and Children
Chapter 13: Rage and Sweet Revenge
Chapter 14 : Fear: Why We Like Scary Stories
Part 4: Darwinism and the Arts
Chapter 15: The Symbolic Animal: Imagination and Creativity
Chapter 16: The Arts: Soothing the Savage Beast
Chapter 17: The Addiction of Language and Story
Chapter 18: The Thematic King
Chapter 19: The Literary King
Conclusion: Darwinist Hermeneutics and Stephen King
Works Cited
About the Author