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Making Murder by Philip L. Simpson
Making Murder by Philip L. Simpson











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.Ĭhapter 1 “‘Ordinary Miracles: Stephen King’s Writing (and Painting) a ‘Way Back to Life’Ĭhapter 2 “Narrative Structure in Under the Dome”Ĭhapter 3 “‘There’s No Place Like Dome’: An Assessment of the Adaptation of Stephen

Making Murder by Philip L. Simpson

Sleep, Duma Key, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Joyland, Under the Dome, and others. īy concentrating on King’s most recent writings, this collection offers provocative insights into the author’s work, featuring essays on Dr. Purposefully side-stepping studies of earlier work, these essays are arranged into three main parts: the first section examines five King novels published between 20, 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. Simpson and Patrick McAleer present a collection of essays that analyze, assess, and critique King’s post-1995 compositions. In Stephen King’s Contemporary Classics: Reflections on the Modern Master of Horror, Philip L. Recent novels like Duma Key and 1/22/63 have been marginalized and, arguably, cast aside as anomalies within the author’s extensive canon. 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.

Making Murder by Philip L. Simpson Making Murder by Philip L. Simpson

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.













Making Murder by Philip L. Simpson