Everyday Evil in Stephen King's America

Download or read book Everyday Evil in Stephen King's America written by Jason S. Polley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2024-06-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Shine On -- References -- Part I: The Man: King's America, America's King: Stephen King and Popular Culture since the 1970s -- King's America, America's King- Part 1: The Man. A Note on Paratexts -- Notes -- References -- 1. Thinner, the Auteur, and the Lived Macabre: The Kindness of Bachman/King -- Introduction: Realism and Reflexivity -- Vietnamization: Evil and Culpability -- Correction: Kindness and Sincerity -- Connection: Intimacy and Belief -- Conclusion: Devil and Clown -- Notes -- References -- 2. Evil (and) Influence: Ritual in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" and Stephen King's The Long Walk -- Milieu and Methodology -- Compositional and Functional Literary Ritual Analysis -- Compulsion and the Order of Ritual Actions -- Scapegoating, the People Involved, and Their Social Roles -- Ritual Objects and Expelling Evil -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Special Collections and Archives -- Part II: The Monster: King's America, America's King: Werewolves as Paratextual -- Notes -- References -- 3. Why Think Evil? Evil Unbound in King's Misery -- The Unbounded Horror Narrative -- Incongruence as an Evil Aesthetic -- Irony and Suspense in the Unbounded Narrative -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4. Conjuring the Dark Half: "Ghost-Writing" in Stephen King -- Writing as "Magic": King on Writing -- The Strange No Man's Land": The Dissociative Writer in King -- Death of the Author, Rise of the Specter: Writing as Séance -- Conclusion: The Medium Is the Message -- Notes -- References -- Part III: The Re-mediator: King's America, America's King: Legacy and Paratext -- Notes -- References -- 5. Inside and Outside Evil: Attachment Crisis and Occultism in Carrie, The Shining, and Doctor Sleep.