James Arthur Anderson

Methods and Meaning in the Novels of Stephen King

A Constant Reader's Guide

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the techniques, themes, and subtexts in the fictional works of one of America's best-known and most-loved storytellers, Stephen King. Each of King's novels are analyzed in chronological order of their publication from Carrie to Holly. Every novel's analysis includes a background and summary, narrative devices, archetypes that influenced the novel, themes and subtexts, human universals, interesting facts, and notable quotes. As an invaluable resource for any Stephen King "Constant Reader" and students of literature in general, this work appreciates the beauty of King's fiction without needing to master the jargon of contemporary literary criticism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 537g
• ISBN-13: 9781476695051
• ISBN-10: 1476695059
• Artikelnr.: 71707333

Autorenporträt

James Arthur Anderson is a professor emeritus at Johnson & Wales University, where he taught writing and literature for more than 35 years. 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. He lives in Garfield, Georgia and is a part-time instructor at East Georgia State College.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Why Is Stephen King So Good and So Popular? 1.
Carrie: Prom Night 2.
'Salem's Lot: New World Vampires 3.
Rage: Getting It on in the Schools 4.
The Shining: Iconic Horror 5.
The Stand: The Modern Plague 6.
The Long Walk: Dystopian Nightmare 7.
The Dead Zone: Everyman Is a Hero 8.
Firestarter: Don't Play with Fire 9.
Roadwork: Mental Meltdown 10.
Cujo: He Tried to Be a Good Dog 11.
The Running Man: Reality TV on Steroids 12.
Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption: Hope Springs Eternal 13.
The Body: The Birth of a Writer 14.
Christine: America Loves Its Wheels 15.
Pet Sematary: Sometimes Dead Is Better 16.
Eyes of the Dragon: Genre-Bending Fantasy 17.
Thinner: The Book That Outed Bachman 18.
It: We All Float Down Here 19.
Misery: The Price of Fame 20.
The Tommyknockers: Mechanized Aliens 21.
The Dark Half: Attack of the Pseudonym 22.
Needful Things: The Downside of a Consumer Society 23.
Gerald's Game: Escape Room 24.
Dolores Claiborne: Justice Served 25.
Rose Madder: The Fury of a Woman Scorned 26.
Insomnia: Miles to Go Before I Sleep 27.
The Green Mile: Rebirth of the Serial Novel 28.
Desperation: Even God Has a Price 29.
The Regulators: Horror in the Burbs 30.
Bag of Bones: Digging Up the Past 31.
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon: Gretel Goes It Alone 32.
Dreamcatcher: A Winter's Tale 33.
From a Buick 8: The One-Way Portal 34.
The Colorado Kid: The Unsolved Mystery 35.
Cell: The Techno-Zombie Attack 36.
Lisey's Story: The Literary Best Seller 37.
Blaze: Bachman Returns 38.
Duma Key: Art Therapy 39.
Under the Dome: Ants Under a Magnifying Glass 40.
11/22/63: Changing the Past 41.
Joyland: Carny from Carny 42.
Doctor Sleep: Danny Torrance Grows Up 43.
Mr. Mercedes: Enter, Holly Gibney 44.
Revival: Reanimation and Revelation 45.
Finders Keepers: The Problem with Buried Treasure 46.
End of Watch: To Be or Not to Be 47.
The Outsider: The Doppelgänger Effect 48.
Elevation: King's Feel-Good Book 49.
The Institute: Suffer the Children 50.
Later: I See Dead People 51.
Billy Summers.
The Moral Assassin 52.
Fairy Tale: Once Upon a Time 53.
Holly: A Journal of the Covid-19 Years Conclusion: The English Professor and Constant Reader Appendix 1: Theoretical Works Consulted Appendix 2: Bibliography of Works about Stephen King Appendix 3: A Chronology of Stephen King's Books Index