The Gothic World of Stephen King: Landscape of Nightmares - Hardcover
Stephen King’s popularity lies in his ability to reinterpret the standard Gothic tale in new and exciting ways. Through his eyes, the conventional becomes unconventional and wonderful. King thus creates his own Gothic world and then interprets it for us. This book analyzes King’s interpretations and his mastery of popular literature. The essays discuss adolescent revolt, the artist as survivor, the vampire in popular literature, and much more.
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Ray B. Browne is editor of the Journal of Popular Culture and the Journal of American Culture, and author and editor of over 50 books.
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Gary C. Hoppenstand is the author of In Search of the Paper Tiger: A Sociological Perspective of Myth, Formula and the Mystery Genre in the Entertainment Print Mass Medium, The Dime Novel Detective Book and other books. Together, these two have edited The Defective Detective and More Tales of the Defective Detective (with Garyn Roberts).
From Introduction: What it takes to produce a horror novel bestseller, King has figured, is to not change the fundamental motifs of the horror story (those easily recognizable elements like the haunted house or the vampire) but to adapt them to the emotional needs of his audience.
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- PublisherPopular Press 1
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0879724102
- ISBN 13 9780879724108
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages150
- EditorHoppenstand Gary, Browne Ray B.
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