Authors: Denis Mellier ,Luc Ruiz

Description: Dramaxes : la primeur est donnée au récit, intrigues et rebondissements dramatiques puisent à l’imaginaire, l’accent est mis sur l’action, les textes se concentrent sur l’efficacité de leurs effets. Dramaxes : peut-être le trait commun des fictions policières, fantastiques et d’aventures.

Langue: fr

Publisher: ENS Éditions

Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors: Richard Matheson

Description: Un zoo dont les pensionnaires servent de garde-manger pour nourrir une créature terrifiante... Un professeur d’université qui voyage dans le temps pour affermir sa foi vacillante... Six mille mètres au-dessus du sol, un démon tapi sur l’aile d’un avion met en pièces son moteur... En route pour San Francisco, un automobiliste est pris en chasse sans raison apparente par un camion fou... Ces nouvelles en sont la preuve : lorsque Richard Matheson entre en littérature, le fantastique entre, lui, dans l’âge de la modernité, et la « marque » Matheson fait naître une nouvelle vision de la terreur. Inclus : quatre nouvelles inédites.

Langue: fr

Publisher: J'ai Lu

Categories: Fiction

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Langue: fr

Publisher: Editions Le Manuscrit

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Authors: Bev Vincent

Description: Take an intimate tour through the life and works of Stephen King, made vivid with rare photos and ephemera from King’s personal collection. Even if you are a die-hard fan, you will find something new in this beautifully packaged Stephen King reference that you will return to again and again. Timed to celebrate Stephen King’s 75th birthday on September 21, 2022, Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences reveals the inspiration behind the prolific author’s brilliant works of horror through a combination of photos and documents from King’s archives and an engaging account of the stories behind how his novels, novellas, short stories, and adaptations came to be. It might sound like a tall tale that Stephen King once met a bartender named Grady in an empty hotel in Colorado, or that the celebrated author helped his young daughter bury her cat in a nearby “pets sematary” after it was killed on a busy roadway. In this book, discover how King drew on these and more real personal experiences and mundane life events, then employed his extraordinary imagination to twist them into something horrific. From impoverished university student to struggling schoolteacher to one of the best-selling—and most recognizable—authors of all time, this engrossing book reveals the evolution and influences of Stephen King’s body of work over his nearly 50-year career, and how the themes of his writing reflect the changing times and events within his life. An expansion of Stephen King expert Bev Vincent’s The Stephen King Illustrated Companion, this fully revised, redesigned, and updated book includes: A review of King’s complete body of work, including Fairy Tale, published in September 2022. A wealth of rare memorabilia from King’s own collection, including personal and professional correspondences, handwritten manuscript pages, book covers, movie stills, and never-before-seen excerpts from one of his poems and an unpublished short story. Interludes on specific topics such as real-life settings that inspired King’s writing, the editor who discovered him, his life as a Boston Red Sox fan, and the many awards and honors he has received. Insightful quotes from King from interviews over the decades. Celebrate the beloved King of Horror with this informational and entertaining look inside King’s most iconic titles and the culture they have created.

Langue: en

Publisher: becker&mayer! books ISBN

Categories: Biography & Autobiography

Authors: Anthony Magistrale

Description: Essays written on Stephen King's "The Stand."

Langue: en

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors: Halbert W. Hall

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Langue: en

Publisher: Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited

Categories: Literary Criticism

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Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: American literature

Authors: Cosette N. Kies

Description: Horror, an increasingly popular subject for books, television, and movies, is especially appealing to teenagers who are enthusiastic fans of ghouls and gore. The appeal of horror literature to young adults cannot be denied or ignored, and in Presenting Young Adult Horror Fiction, the first genre study in the Twayne Young Adult Authors Series, Cosette Kies concentrates on teenage interest in the field. Dr. Kies reminds us that the supernatural has a long literary tradition, including such works as Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, Henry James's The Turn of the Screw, and Edgar Allan Poe's short stories. Against this literary background, Dr. Kies takes a witty and perceptive look at contemporary manifestations of horror fiction, highlighting those authors that teenagers particularly enjoy. Writers such as V.C. Andrews, Dean Koontz, John Saul, Anne Rice, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Robert Bloch, Robert MacCammon, and, of course, Stephen King are examined in depth. Each chapter includes an introduction that touches on historical antecedents, a chronology of biographical highlights and major works for the subject author, and a long quote that allows the writer's individual voice to shed light on his or her literary philosophy. Dr. Kies analyzes theme, plot, and character for the major works with perception and skill. Separate chapters explore the appeal of satanism for young adults in novels such as The Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby, and there is an irreverent look at a recent development in horror writing--splatterpunk. Presenting Young Adult Horror Fiction is a welcome addition for all those interested in horror literature and will also provide much-needed information for librarians, teachers, and parents who want to understand why young adults love horror literature.

Langue: en

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Categories: American fiction

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Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: Gazettes

Authors: Frank Northen Magill

Description: V. 1. A-Car.-- v. 2. Car-Dub.-- v. 3. Dun-Hom.-- v. 4. Hug-Mis.-- v. 5. Mor-Sha -- v. 6. Sil-Wol. -- v. 7. Woo-Z.

Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors: John W. Wright

Description: This new edition of this in-depth almanac includes election results and the 2000 World Series, a complete sports section, comprehensive sections on science, technology and the environment, information on the Internet, helpful glossaries, and more.16 pp. full-color maps.

Langue: en

Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

Categories: Reference

Authors: John W. Wright

Description: An unparalleled wealth of information on international politics, economics, and social conditions makes this book an especially valuable resource in this period of world change. Abundant graphs, charts, and sidebar essays put facts and figures in context. 3-column, 2-color format for easy reading.

Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: Reference

Authors: Steven H. Scheuer ,Robert J. Pardi

Description: Alphabetical listings and a 4-star rating system make for quick and easy decision-making, while thoughtful, professional reviews guide consumers to optimal viewing pleasure. Expanded and updated with over 14,000 listings.

Langue: en

Publisher: Bantam

Categories: Performing Arts

Authors: David Hiley ,Janka Szendrei

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Langue: en

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Categories: Music

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Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: Motion picture industry

Authors: David Pringle

Description: As a companion volume to St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, this volume concentrates "on those types of fiction which may be labelled as horror novels, dark fantasies, ghost stories, gothic novels, tales of terror, supernatural fictions, occult fantasies, black-magic stories, psychological thrillers, tales of unease, "grand-guignol" shockers, creepy stories, shudder-pulp fictions, "contes cruels," uncanny stories, macabre fictions and weird tales."--Editor's note, p. ix.

Langue: en

Publisher: St. James Guide to Writers Ser

Categories: Biography & Autobiography

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Description: A comprehensive bibliography of books and short fiction published in the English language.

Langue: en

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Categories: Fantasy fiction

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Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: American literature

Authors: Richard Bleiler

Description: The "Scribner Writers Series has set the standard for literary reference for more than 25 years. In addition to addressing the lives and careers of important writers, the articles discuss the themes and a styles of major works and place them in pertinent historical, social and political concerns for today's readers. Novelists, playwrights, essayists, poets, short story writers, and more recently, genre writers in science fiction and mystery, are all expertly discussed in the more than 17 sets comprising this series. To see listings of writers for any volume in this section, go to the "Scribner Writers Series section online at www.gale.com/scribners. J.K. Rowling, Peter Straub, Anne McCaffrey--these are among the many widely-read authors in fantasy and horror genres covered in this addition to Scribner's 1985 two-volume set. Essays written by scholars--yet accessible to the general reader and student--treat both writers who have risen to prominence since the 1985 edition, and those whose careers have continued since original coverage, such as Stephen King, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Harlan Ellison. The index cumulates the index from the first two volumes.

Langue: en

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Categories: Biography & Autobiography

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Langue: en

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Categories: Libraries