LEADER 04606nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910809589903321 005 20240410144556.0 010 $a979-82-16-00839-2 010 $a1-280-87244-6 010 $a9786610872442 010 $a0-313-00676-8 035 $a(CKB)111056485490578 035 $a(OCoLC)614673855 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10040729 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000237705 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11173674 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000237705 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10192401 035 $a(PQKB)10899576 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3000904 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10040729 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL87244 035 $a(OCoLC)51971996 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3000904 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485490578 100 $a20011206d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRevisiting Stephen King $ea critical companion /$fSharon A. Russell 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWestport, Conn. $cGreenwood Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (180 p.) 225 1 $aCritical companions to popular contemporary writers,$x1082-4979 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-313-31788-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [159]-166) and index. 327 $aCover -- REVISITING STEPHEN KING -- ADVISORY BOARD -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Life of Stephen King -- EARLY LIFE -- COLLEGE YEARS -- STRUGGLE AND FIRST SUCCESS -- THE SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR -- THE ACCIDENT -- FILMS -- KING'S STYLE AND THE FUTURE -- 2 Genre -- WHAT IS A GENRE? -- WHAT IS THE HORROR GENRE? -- KING'S VIEW OF THE WRITING PROCESS -- KING'S VIEW OF THE HORROR GENRE -- OTHER GENRES IN KING'S FICTION -- Suspense Fiction -- Science Fiction -- Fantasy -- Recent Works and Genre Fiction -- 3 Desperation and The Regulators (1996) -- PLOT DEVELOPMENT -- Desperation -- The Regulators -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- David Carver -- Seth Garin -- Johnny Marinville -- Audrey Wyler -- Collie Entragian -- THEMES -- ALTERNATIVE READING: GENRE AND VARIATIONS ON A THEME -- 4 The Green Mile (1997) -- PLOT DEVELOPMENT -- Part One: Two Dead Girls -- Part Two: The Mouse on the Mile -- Part Three: Coffey's Hands -- Part Four: The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix -- Part Five: Night Journey -- Part Six: Coffey on the Mile -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- John Coffey -- Paul Edgecombe -- Percy Wetmore and Brad Dolan -- THEME -- ALTERNATIVE READING: THE SERIAL FORM -- 5 Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (1997) -- PLOT DEVELOPMENT -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- Roland -- Susan -- Eldred Jonas -- THEME -- ALTERNATIVE READING: READER RESPONSE THEORY -- 6 Bag of Bones (1998) -- PLOT DEVELOPMENT -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- Michael Noonan -- Johanna Noonan -- Mattie and Kyra Devore -- Max Devore -- Sara Tidwell -- THEMES -- ALTERNATIVE READING: MEN'S STUDIES -- 7 Hearts in Atlantis (1999) -- PLOT DEVELOPMENT -- "Low Men in Yellow Coats" -- "Hearts in Atlantis" -- "Blind Willie" -- "Why We're in Vietnam" -- "Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling" -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- Bobby Garfield -- Carol Gerber -- John Sullivan -- William Shearman -- THEME. 327 $aALTERNATIVE READING: VIETNAM NARRATIVES -- 8 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999) -- PLOT DEVELOPMENT -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- Patricia McFarland -- The Family -- Tom Gordon -- The Bear -- ALTERNATIVE READING: REGIONALISM -- 9 Dreamcatcher (2001) -- PLOT DEVELOPMENT -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- The Group -- The Military -- THEME -- ALTERNATIVE READING: TWO GENRES, HORROR AND SCIENCE FICTION -- Bibliography -- WORKS BY STEPHEN KING -- Novels -- Stephen King Writing As Richard Bachman -- Collections -- Nonfiction -- Screenplays -- WORKS ABOUT STEPHEN KING -- General -- Biography -- Web Pages -- Bag of Bones -- The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass -- Desperation and The Regulators -- Dreamcatcher -- The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon -- The Green Mile -- Hearts in Atlantis -- OTHER BOOKS ON HORROR -- Index -- About the Author -- Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers. 410 0$aCritical companions to popular contemporary writers. 606 $aHorror tales, American$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aHorror tales, American$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a813/.54 700 $aRussell$b Sharon A.$f1941-$01689811 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809589903321 996 $aRevisiting Stephen King$94065142 997 $aUNINA