Stephen King
Subtitle: America's storyteller
By: Tony Magistrale.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780313352287; 9780313352294
Subjects: King, Stephen, -- 1947- -- Criticism and interpretation; King, Stephen, -- 1947- -- Film and video adaptations; King, Stephen, -- 1947- -- Characters -- Women; Horror tales, American -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The writer's life: a Stephen King biography; title: Tracing the influences: regional and literary; title: Institutions and institutionalization: evils; title: Design and heroic rebellion; title: Sex with consequences: sexuality and its discontents; title: Why The shining still matters: revisiting and reinterpreting the novel and films; title: Challenging gender stereotypes: King's evolving women; title: Gothic western epic fantasy: encompassing The dark tower.