A brief guide to Stephen King
By: Paul Simpson
Series: A brief guide to
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780762452293
Subjects: History and criticism; American Authors; Biography; Horror tales
Other titles: Stephen King
Description: In 1974, a new talent burst onto the horror scene: Main schoolteacher Stephen King. Over the next forty years, king's name would become synonymous with horror and dark fantasy through over fifty bestselling books including his magnum opus the dark tower series. Simpson traces the writer's development through his difficult childhood and his early writing career to the success of carrie, salem's lot and the shinning in the 1970's and the outpouring of material over the following two decades, some published under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman. He shows how king's writing was affected by the accident that nearly killed him in 1999, and the ways in which his battles with addiction to alcohol and medication are reflected in his stories. He also discusses the dozens of films, tv shows, plays and comic books that have been inspired by King's works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-274) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1: the life of Stephen King.; title: The working poor; title: Living the high life; title: Rising from rock bottom; title: Recovery and renaissance; title: Part 2: the novels of Stephen King.; title: The basics of horror: Carrie to Firestarter; title: A community of horror: Roadwork to IT; title: A new beginning? The Eyes of the Dragon to Needful Things; title: Up close and personal: Gerald's Game to Desperation/The Regulators; title: Wiping the slate clean: Bag of Bones to From a Buick 8; title: A new lease of life: The Colorado Kid to Doctor Sleep; title: Part 3: the Dark Tower.; title: The quest begins: The gunslinger to Wizard and Glass; title: The wheel comes full circle: Wolves of the Calla to The wind through the keyhole; title: The Dark Tower in other worlds; title: Part 4: short stories and novella collections.; title: Anthologizing the past; title: A new horizon: twenty-first century tales; title: Part 5: original stories in other media.; title: Writing for the screen; title: A graphic approach; title: Pumping out the music; title: Part 6: non-fiction.; title: Close to the heart; title: Appendix: the works of Stephen King in public release order.