Tony Magistrale

Stephen King (eBook, PDF)

America's Storyteller

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This analysis of the work of Stephen King explores the distinctly American fears and foibles that King has celebrated, condemned, and generally examined in the course of his wildly successful career. Stephen King: America's Storyteller explores the particular American-ness of Stephen King's work. It is the first major examination to follow this defining theme through King's 40-year career, from his earliest writings to his most recent novels and films made from them. Stephen King begins by tracing Stephen King's rise from his formative years to his status as a one of the most popular writers in publishing history. It then takes a close look at the major works from his canon, including The Shining, The Stand, It, Dolores Claiborne, and The Dark Tower. In these works and others, author Tony Magistrale focuses on King's deep rooted sense of the American experience, exemplified by his clear-eyed presentation of our historical and cultural foibles and scars; his gallery of unlikely friendships that cross race, age, and class boundaries; and his transcendent portrayals of uniquely American survival instincts, fellowship, and acts of heroism from the least likely of sources.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313352294
• Artikelnr.: 37815086

Autorenporträt

Tony Magistrale is Professor of English former chair of the English Department at University of Vermont, USA. Over the past three decades, Magistrale's twenty-three books and many articles have covered a broad area of interests. The majority of his books and articles have centered on defining and tracing Anglo-American Gothicism, from its origins in eighteenth-century romanticism to its contemporary manifestations in popular culture, particularly in the work of Stephen King. He has published three separate interviews with Stephen King, and from 2005-09 Magistrale served as a research assistant to Mr. King. Accordingly, a dozen of his scholarly books and many published journal articles have illuminated the genre's narrative themes, psychological and social contexts, and historical development. He is frequently cited in scholarly books dealing with the interdisciplinary aspects of American horror art, and has been interviewed and/or profiled on PBS television; ABC Radio, Australia; Vermont Public Radio; German Public Radio, ARD; North Carolina Public Radio; Ocean Light Productions, and by the following national and international newspapers and magazines: The New Yorker, Cinescape, The National Review, The Miami Herald, Pacific Standard, The Boston Globe, Houston Chronicle, The Baltimore Sun, New York Daily News, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The St. Petersburg Times, Movie Geeks United!, Lighthouse Media One (England), Oggi (Italy), Las Ultimas Noticias (Chile), and L'Express (France).

Tony Magistrale is professor and chair of the English department at the University of Vermont.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Chronology Chapter 1 The Writer's Life: A Stephen
King Biography Chapter 2 Tracing the Influences: Regional and Literary
Chapter 3 Institutions and Institutionalization: Evil's Design and Heroic
Rebellion Chapter 4 Sex with Consequences: Sexuality and Its Discontents
Chapter 5 Why The Shining Still Matters: Revisiting and Reinterpreting the
Novel and Films Chapter 6 Challenging Gender Stereotypes: King's Evolving
Women Chapter 7 Gothic Western Epic Fantasy: Encompassing The Dark Tower
Works Cited Index