Title: The modern Stephen King canon : beyond horror /
Authors: Simpson, Philip L., 1964-; McAleer, Patrick, 1980-
Year: 2019
Subjects: King, Stephen, Criticism and interpretation.; King, Stephen
Contents: Introduction : Beyond horror -- Part I : Snapshots of King's craft. The rehibilitation of Stephen King / Tony Magistrale -- Storytelling and a story told : Stephen King's narrators in From a Buick 8, The Colorado Kid, and Blaze / Michael Perry -- Stephen King's "Fair extension" : of contemporary America / Clotilde Landais -- The bazaar of bad choices : what it is to be female in King's new world / Mary Findley -- Part II : Ubiquitous violence. Monsters at home : representations of domestic and sexual abuse in Gerald's game, Dolores Claiborne, and Rose Madder / Kimberly Beal -- Razors, bumper stickers, and wheelchairs : male violence and madness in Rose Madder and Mr. Mercedes / Rebecca Frost -- Horrific sympathies : the comingling of violence and mental illness in Stephen King's Mr. Mercedes / Hayley Mitchell Haugen -- From meat world to cyberspace : the psychopath's journey in Mr. Mercedes and End of watch / Philip L. Simpson -- Part III : Reviving the gothic. Gothic recall : Stephen King's uncanny revival of the Frankenstein myth / Alexandra Reuber -- Traveling before the storm : shades of the lightning rod salesman in Stephen King's gothic / Conny L. Lippert -- From wonder to horror : Stephen King's Revival and Robertson Davie's Deptford trilogy / Dominick Grace -- Part IV : Contemporary conrnerstones. Time Ravel : history, metafiction, and immersion in Stephen King's 11/22/63 / Stefan L. Brandt -- In the shadow of the dark tower : Stephen King's fantasy epic as 9/11 literature / Jennifer L. Miller -- Untangling the true knot : Stephen King's (accidental) vegan manifesto in Doctor Sleep / Patrick McAleer.