The Modern Stephen King Canon
Title | The Modern Stephen King Canon PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick McAleer |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 272 |
Release | 2018-11-29 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1498572790 |
In this collection recognized writers and scholars discuss and analyze Stephen King’s contemporary works. The contributors comment on and critique numerous aspects of King’s literature, including his take on violent criminals, his craft, and his use of the Gothic.
Stephen King's Contemporary Classics
Title | Stephen King's Contemporary Classics PDF eBook |
Author | Philip L. Simpson |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 242 |
Release | 2014-11-13 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1442244917 |
This book looks at the more recent works of fiction by Stephen King as well as an examination of his nonfiction book, On Writing, published in 2000. Works discussed in this volume include Duma Key, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Under the Dome, Joyland, and Dr. Sleep.
Stephen King's Modern Macabre
Title | Stephen King's Modern Macabre PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick McAleer |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 221 |
Release | 2014-07-29 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 078649400X |
As Stephen King has continued to publish numerous works beyond one of the many high points of his career, in the 1980s, scholarship has not always kept up with his output. This volume presents 13 essays (12 brand new) on many of King's recent writings that have not received the critical attention of his earlier works. This collection is grouped into three categories--"King in the World Around Us," "Spotlight on The Dark Tower" and "Writing into the Millennium"; each examines an aspect of King's contemporary canon that has yet to be analyzed.
The Functions of Unnatural Death in Stephen King
Title | The Functions of Unnatural Death in Stephen King PDF eBook |
Author | Rebecca Frost |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 209 |
Release | 2022-03-02 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1793646228 |
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.
No Harm Can Come to a Good Man
Title | No Harm Can Come to a Good Man PDF eBook |
Author | James Smythe |
Publisher | HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | 384 |
Release | 2015-07-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0008157979 |
How far would you go to save your family from an invisible threat? A terrifyingly original thriller from the author of The Machine.
Surviving Stephen King
Title | Surviving Stephen King PDF eBook |
Author | Rebecca Frost |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 203 |
Release | 2021-10-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1476684731 |
Stephen King frequently places his human characters in danger against a supernatural antagonist. These characters, being realists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, must first overcome their disbelief at what is happening to them, and then decide what to do about it. Both their explanations for the strange happenings and their attempts to deal with them can be divided into four main categories: cultural appropriation; Christianity, especially Catholic rites; attempts at utter destruction; and a resignation to simply live--or die--with the supernatural intact. This book examines over 30 of King's works, revealing that the overall success of the characters in removing the supernatural threat from their towns, or perhaps defeating it entirely, does not depend fully on which of these four paths of action they choose. It is possible for any attempt to destroy the supernatural threat to fail, and what works in one of King's books will not have the same outcome in another. For King, the most likely success comes when his characters can choose a course of action that allows them to stand and be true to themselves.
Stephen King [ Three Novels]
Title | Stephen King [ Three Novels] PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen King |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1096 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Horror tales |
ISBN | 9780307292056 |