Authors: Philip L. Simpson ,Patrick McAleer

Description: Many readers know Stephen King for his early works of horror, from his fiction debut Carrie to his blockbuster novels The Shining, The Stand, and Misery, among others. While he continues to be a best-selling author, King’s more recent fiction has not received the kind of critical attention that his books from the 1970s and 1980s enjoyed. Recent novels like Duma Key and 1/22/63 have been marginalized and, arguably, cast aside as anomalies within the author’s extensive canon. In Stephen King’s Contemporary Classics: Reflections on the Modern Master of Horror, Philip L. Simpson and Patrick McAleer present a collection of essays that analyze, assess, and critique King’s post-1995 compositions. Purposefully side-stepping studies of earlier work, these essays are arranged into three main parts: the first section examines five King novels published between 2009 and 2013, offering genuinely fresh scholarship on King; the second part looks at the development of King’s distinct brand of horror; the third section departs from probing the content of King’s writing and instead focuses on King’s process. By concentrating on King’s most recent writings, this collection offers provocative insights into the author’s work, featuring essays on Dr. Sleep, Duma Key, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Joyland, Under the Dome, and others. As such, Stephen King’s Contemporary Classics will appeal to general fans of the author’s work as well as scholars of Stephen King and modern literature.

Langue: en

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors: Bev Vincent

Description: Celebrate the King of Horror’s 75th birthday with Stephen King, which explores the connections between Stephen King’s life and his body of work.

Langue: en

Publisher: Epic Ink

Categories: Biography & Autobiography

Authors: Joseph P. Laycock ,Natasha L. Mikles

Description: Religion, Culture, and the Monstrous: Of Gods and Monsters explores the intersection of the emerging field of “monster theory” within religious studies. With case studies from ancient Mesopotamia to contemporary valleys of the Himalayas to ghost tours in Savannah, Georgia, the volume examines the variegated nature of the monstrous as well as the cultural functions of monsters in shaping how we see the world and ourselves. In this, the authors constructively assess the state of the two fields of monster theory and religious studies, and propose new directions in how these fields can inform each other. The case studies included illuminate the ways in which monsters reinforce the categories through which a given culture sees the world. At the same time, the volume points to how monsters appear to question, disrupt, or challenge those categories, creating an ‘unsettling’ or surplus of meaning.

Langue: en

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Categories: Religion

Authors: Ria Cheyne

Description: This title brings cultural disability studies and genre fiction studies into dialogue for the first time. Analysing representations of disability in contemporary science fiction, romance, fantasy, horror, and crime fiction, it offers new and transformative insights into both the workings of genre and the affective power of disability.

Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors: Diana Tixier Herald ,Samuel Stavole-Carter

Description: Librarians who work with readers will find this well-loved guide to be a treasure trove of information. With descriptive annotations of thousands of genre titles mapped by genre and subgenre, this is the readers' advisor's go-to reference. Next to author, genre is the characteristic that readers use most to select reading material and the most trustworthy consideration for finding books readers will enjoy. With its detailed classification and pithy descriptions of titles, this book gives users valuable insights into what makes genre fiction appeal to readers. It is an invaluable aid for helping readers find books that they will enjoy reading. Providing a handy roadmap to popular genre literature, this guide helps librarians answer the perennial and often confounding question "What can I read next?" Herald and Stavole-Carter briefly describe thousands of popular fiction titles, classifying them into standard genres such as science fiction, fantasy, romance, historical fiction, and mystery. Within each genre, titles are broken down into more specific subgenres and themes. Detailed author, title, and subject indexes provide further access. As in previous editions, the focus of the guide is on recent releases and perennial reader favorites. In addition to covering new titles, this edition focuses more narrowly on the core genres and includes basic readers' advisory principles and techniques.

Langue: en

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines

Authors: Bernice M. Murphy

Description: This groundbreaking collection provides students with a timely and accessible overview of current trends within contemporary popular fiction.

Langue: en

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors:

Description:

Langue: de

Publisher:

Categories: German literature

Authors:

Description: Issues for Nov. 1957- include section: Accessions. Aanwinste, Sept. 1957-

Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: Bibliography

Authors:

Description:

Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: Pakistan

Authors:

Description:

Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories:

Authors:

Description:

Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: Fantasy fiction

Authors:

Description:

Langue: de

Publisher:

Categories: Austrian literature

Authors: Dana Ferguson

Description: Book Review Index provides quick access to reviews of books, periodicals, books on tape and electronic media representing a wide range of popular, academic and professional interests. The up-to-date coverage, wide scope and inclusion of citations for both newly published and older materials make Book Review Index an exceptionally useful reference tool. More than 600 publications are indexed, including journals and national general interest publications and newspapers. Book Review Index is available in a three-issue subscription covering the current year or as an annual cumulation covering the past year.

Langue: en

Publisher: Book Review Index Cumulation

Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines

Authors: H.W. Wilson Company

Description: Includes an abridged edition of 1908 catalog issued under title: English prose fiction ... list of about 800 title.

Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: Best books

Authors:

Description:

Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: Caricatures and cartoons

Authors:

Description: Report of cases relating to patents, trade marks, copyrights decided by Supreme Court of the United States, United States Circuit courts of appeals, District courts of the United States, United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, Court of Claims of the United States, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Commissioner of Patents and Patent Office Board of Appeals.

Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: Copyright

Authors:

Description:

Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: Talking books

Authors:

Description:

Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: Talking books

Authors: Anne Marie Hacht ,Dwayne D. Hayes

Description: Covers world authors from many periods and genres, building an understanding of the various contexts -- from the biographical to the literary to the historical -- in which literature can be viewed. Identifies the significant literary devices and global themes that define a writer's style and place the author in a larger literary tradition as chronicled and evaluated by critics over time.

Langue: en

Publisher: Gale Cengage

Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors:

Description:

Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: American literature