Patrick McAleer

Inside the Dark Tower Series

Art, Evil and Intertextuality in the Stephen King Novels

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Stephen King is no stranger to the realm of literary criticism, but his most fantastic, far-reaching work has aroused little academic scrutiny. This study of King's epic Dark Tower series encompasses the career of one of the world's best-selling authors and frames him as more than a "horror writer." Four categories of analysis--genre, art, evil, and intertextuality--provide a focused look at the center of King's fictional universe. This book reaches beyond popular culture treatments of the series and examines it against King's horror work, audience expectations, and the larger literary landscape.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9780786439775
• ISBN-10: 0786439777
• Artikelnr.: 25605927

Autorenporträt

Patrick McAleer co-chairs the Stephen King Area of the Popular Culture Association. He has published many articles on King and teaches English at Inver Hills Community College in the Twin Cities, Minnesota.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Introduction-The Dark Tower: A Literary Anomaly, an Experiment in Horror,
or a True Mark of Literature?     
CHAPTER     
The Ending Is Only the Beginning: Genre and Its Influence on Climax     
CHAPTER     
Illustrating Imagination: The Infringement (and Evolution) of Visual
Elements in the Dark Tower Series and The Gunslinger Born     
CHAPTER     
The Face of Evil: Behind the Hood and Under the Cowboy Hat     
CHAPTER     
Repetition, Integration, Immersion, and Intertextuality: A Tale of At Least
Two Stories     
Conclusion-"Time is a face on the water": or Will The Dark Tower Endure?
     
Works Cited     
Index