Children and childhood in the works of Stephen King. ([2020])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Children and childhood in the works of Stephen King. ([2020])
- Main Title:
- Children and childhood in the works of Stephen King
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Debbie Olson.
- Editors:
- Olson, Debbie C, 1961-
- Contents:
- Introduction: Stephen King’s Fictional Children Debbie Olson 1970s Ch. 1 Degeneration through Violence and Stephen King’s Rage by Karen J. Renner Ch. 2 “Such a tragedy might have been averted”: Gothic Childhood, American Monstrosity, and the Male Gothic in Stephen King’s Carrie by Sarah Gray Ch. 3 The Children as Nemesis: a Reading of Stephen King’s “The Children of the Corn” and its Adaptations by Debaditya Mukhopadhyay Ch. 4 Of “Pagan Devil-Children” and Monstrous Plants: Vegetal World, Human Enslavement, and Precarious Existence in “Children of the Corn” by Tatiana Prorokova-Konrad Ch. 5 The Spectacle of Child-Suffering in Stephen King’s The Long Walk by Joshua Garrison 1980s Ch. 6 Monstrosity, Ethic of Care, and Moral Agency in Stephen King’s Firestarter by Ingrid E. Castro Ch. 7 Boys in The Body by Jennifer Manthei Ch. 8 “Not if I see you first”: Playspace, Friendship, and Nostalgia in Stand By Me by Shastri Akella Ch. 9 “Performing a kind of self-pyschoanalysis”: childhood revisited through writing (and reading) in The Breathing Method, Misery, Pet Sematary and Charlie the Choo-Choo. by Andy McCormack Ch. 10 “Animals, Innocence, and the Terr[or]tories in The Talisman” by Debbie Olson Ch. 11 “They Were Not All Found”: Ecosystems of Child Maltreatment in Stephen King’s IT by Brennan Thomas Ch. 12 “You’ll Float Too”:Introduction: Stephen King’s Fictional Children Debbie Olson 1970s Ch. 1 Degeneration through Violence and Stephen King’s Rage by Karen J. Renner Ch. 2 “Such a tragedy might have been averted”: Gothic Childhood, American Monstrosity, and the Male Gothic in Stephen King’s Carrie by Sarah Gray Ch. 3 The Children as Nemesis: a Reading of Stephen King’s “The Children of the Corn” and its Adaptations by Debaditya Mukhopadhyay Ch. 4 Of “Pagan Devil-Children” and Monstrous Plants: Vegetal World, Human Enslavement, and Precarious Existence in “Children of the Corn” by Tatiana Prorokova-Konrad Ch. 5 The Spectacle of Child-Suffering in Stephen King’s The Long Walk by Joshua Garrison 1980s Ch. 6 Monstrosity, Ethic of Care, and Moral Agency in Stephen King’s Firestarter by Ingrid E. Castro Ch. 7 Boys in The Body by Jennifer Manthei Ch. 8 “Not if I see you first”: Playspace, Friendship, and Nostalgia in Stand By Me by Shastri Akella Ch. 9 “Performing a kind of self-pyschoanalysis”: childhood revisited through writing (and reading) in The Breathing Method, Misery, Pet Sematary and Charlie the Choo-Choo. by Andy McCormack Ch. 10 “Animals, Innocence, and the Terr[or]tories in The Talisman” by Debbie Olson Ch. 11 “They Were Not All Found”: Ecosystems of Child Maltreatment in Stephen King’s IT by Brennan Thomas Ch. 12 “You’ll Float Too”: King and the Death of Childhood by James M. Curtis Ch. 13 “What an enormous act this is”: Children & Sexuality in Stephen King’s IT by Roxanne Harde 1990s Ch. 14 (Dis)Abling Dinah: Childhood Agency and the Allegory of the Cave in The Langoliers by Khara Lukancic Ch. 15 Girls With Teeth: Fan Identity in The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Katharine McCain 2000s Ch. 16 Power, Vulnerability and Duality in Doctor Sleep by Lauren Christie Ch. 17 Seeing and Believing as a Child in It and The Outsider by Kristen Miller Hill … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Lanham Boulder New York London : Lexington Books
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Copyright Date:
- 2020
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (viii, 344 pages)
- Subjects:
- 813.54
Children in literature
Children in motion pictures
Criticism and interpretation - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781793600134
1793600139 - Related ISBNs:
- 1793600120
9781793600127 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.567370
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