Rebecca Frost

The Functions of Unnatural Death in Stephen King

Murder, Sickness, and Plots

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Produktbeschreibung

The Functions of Unnatural Death in Stephen King: Murder, Sickness, and Plots examines the function of death in over thirty of King's works to parse out the ways the Master of Horror plays with the idea of death and approaches it from multiple angles.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9781793646231
• ISBN-10: 1793646236
• Artikelnr.: 70195626

Autorenporträt

Rebecca Frost is an independent scholar and freelancer. She lives in L'Anse, Michigan.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: "Death is When the Monsters Get You"
Chapter One: "It's Not Really Her Anymore": Creating the Threat
Chapter Two: "You Know About the Cycle?": To Perpetuate the Monster
Chapter Three: "People Are Mortal": To Build Suspense
Chapter Four: "I Saved My Book By Blowing Approximately Half its Major
Characters to Smithereens": To Narrow the Focus
Chapter Five: "Question: Death, Where is Thy Sting? Answer:
Every-fucking-where": To Urge the Characters on to Action
Chapter Six: "More Than Any of us Probably Know, She Hurt": As Revenge
Chapter Seven: "What if He Has a Helper?": As Renfield
Chapter Eight: "I Want to Die Well": As Heroic Sacrifice
Chapter Nine: "It Could Destroy Everything": To Restore Order
Conclusion: "It Seemed to Mean Something": Confronting Death and
Multifaceted Horror
Bibliography
About the Author