Stephen King's Contemporary Classics von Patrick McAleer/Philip L Simpson

<span><span>Many readers know Stephen King for his early works of horror, from his fiction debut</span><span>Carrie</span><span> to his blockbuster novels</span><span>The Shining</span><span>,</span><span>The Stand</span><span>, and</span><span>Misery</span><span>, among others. While he continues to be a best-selling author, Kings more recent fiction has not received the kind of critical attention that his books from the 1970s and 1980s enjoyed. Recent novels like</span><span>Duma Key</span><span> and</span><span>1/22/63</span><span> have been marginalized and, arguably, cast aside as anomalies within the authors extensive canon.<br><br>In</span><span>Stephen Kings Contemporary Classics: Reflections on the Modern Master of Horror</span><span>, Philip L. Simpson and Patrick McAleer present a collection of essays that analyze, assess, and critique Kings post-1995 compositions. Purposefully side-stepping studies of earlier work, these essays are arranged into three main parts: the first section examines five King novels published between 2009 and 2013, offering genuinely fresh scholarship on King; the second part looks at the development of Kings distinct brand of horror; the third section departs from probing the</span><span>content</span><span> of Kings writing and instead focuses on Kings</span><span>process</span><span>.<br><br>By concentrating on Kings most recent writings, this collection offers provocative insights into the authors work, featuring essays on</span><span>Dr. Sleep, Duma Key, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Joyland, Under the Dome</span><span>, and others. As such,</span><span>Stephen Kings Contemporary Classics</span><span>will appeal to general fans of the authors work as well as scholars of Stephen King and modern literature.</span></span>

Philip L. Simpsonserves as the provost of the Titusville campus of Eastern Florida State College. He is the author ofPsycho Paths: Tracking the Serial Killer through Contemporary American Film and Fiction (2000) andMaking Murder: The Fiction of Thomas Harris (2010).Patrick McAleer teaches English at Inver Hills Community College in Minnesota and is cochair of the Stephen King Area of the Popular Culture Associations annual national conference. He is the author ofInside the Dark Tower Series (2009) andThe Writing Family of Stephen King (2011).

IntroductionSection I: Contemporary ClassicsChapter 1 Ordinary Miracles: Stephen Kings Writing (and Painting) a Way Back to Lifein Duma KeyHayley Mitchell Haugen Chapter 2 Narrative Structure in Under the DomeJennifer MillerChapter 3 Theres No Place Like Dome: An Assessment of the Adaptation of StephenKings Under the Dome into a Primetime DramaTamara WatkinsChapter 4 Reading Joyland and Dr. Sleep as Complementary StoriesClotilde LandaisSection II: Modern HorrorsChapter 5 Failure Is Indeed an Option: Pride, Prophecy, and Roland Deschains PerpetualQuest for the Dark TowerPatrick McAleerChapter 6 Trisha McFarland and the Tough Tootsie: Coping with Fear in The Girl WhoLoved Tom GordonMatt HolmanChapter 7 Morality: Stephen Kings Most Disturbing Story?Philip L. SimpsonChapter 8 In Search for the Lost Object in a Bad Place: Stephen Kings ContemporaryGothicAlexandra ReuberChapter 9 A Different Breed: Serial Killers in the Works of Stephen KingRebecca FrostSection III: Stephen King and WritingChapter 10 How to Draw a King: Duma Key, a Blues Aesthetic, and the American ArtistMichael PerryChapter 11 It Lurks Beneath the Fold: Stephen King, Adaptation, and the Pop-up Text ofThe Girl Who Loved Tom GordonCarl H. SederholmChapter 12 Bachmans Found Novels: The Regulators, Blaze, and Author IdentityKimberly BealChapter 13 Kings Toolboxfor Writing and for Life?Mika ElovaaraChapter 14 The Blue DiamondSteph PostBibliographyIndexAbout the Editors and Contributors

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