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The Films of Stephen King

From Carrie to Secret Window

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction

    • Tony Magistrale
    Pages 1-10
  3. Apt Pupil: The Making of a “Bogeyboy”

    • Dennis F. Mahoney
    Pages 25-38
  4. Maybe It Shouldn’t Be a Party

    • Jeffrey A. Weinstock
    Pages 39-49
  5. Tonka Terrors

    • Michael A. Arnzen
    Pages 65-79
  6. Christian Martyr or Grateful Slave?

    • Brian Kent
    Pages 115-127
  7. White Soul

    • Sarah Nilsen
    Pages 129-140
  8. Reaganomics, Cocaine, and Race

    • Sarah E. Turner
    Pages 141-151
  9. The Feminist King: Dolores Claiborne

    • Colleen Dolan
    Pages 153-163
  10. Only Theoretical

    • Mary Pharr
    Pages 165-176
  11. Rose Red and Stephen King’s Hybrid House of Horrors

    • Dennis R. Perry, Carl H. Sederholm
    Pages 177-187
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 199-212

About this book

The Films of Stephen King is the first collection of essays assembled on the cinematic adaptations of Stephen King. The individual chapters, written by cinema, television, and cultural studies scholars, examine the most important films from the King canon, from Carrie to The Shining to The Shawshank Redemption.

Reviews

Endorsements

Praise for Magistrale's Hollywood's Stephen King:

'A great read, insightful and intelligent Tony has helped me improve my reputation from an ink-stained wretch popular novelist to an ink-stained wretch popular novelist with occasional flashes of muddy insight.' - Stephen King

'This book is a useful elucidation of King's work through the skewed lens of Hollywood.' - Publishers Weekly Review

'Magistrale digs deeper than mere plots, excavating compelling and disturbing themes in the gothic oeuvre of the master storyteller; he deserves accolades for bricking a foundational context for interpreting the enduring visions of King.' - Choice

Editors and Affiliations

  • English Department, University of Vermont, USA

    Tony Magistrale

About the editor

TONY MAGISTRALEProfessor and Associate Chair of the English Department at the University of Vermont, USA. He has published twenty books and is widely considered one of America's foremost scholars of horror film, gothic fiction, and the work of Stephen King.

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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