Stephen King's Modern Macabre - by Patrick McAleer & Michael A Perry (Paperback)

About the Book

As Stephen King has continued to publish numerous works beyond one high point of his career, in the 1980s, scholarship has not always kept up with his output. This volume presents 13 essays on many of King's recent writings that have not received the critical attention of his earlier, more popular work. This collection is grouped into three thematic categories--"King in the World Around Us," "Spotlight on The Dark Tower" and "Writing into the Millennium," each of which examines a particular aspect of King's contemporary canon that has yet to be analyzed.

Book Synopsis

As Stephen King has continued to publish numerous works beyond one of the many high points of his career, in the 1980s, scholarship has not always kept up with his output. This volume presents 13 essays (12 brand new) on many of King's recent writings that have not received the critical attention of his earlier works. This collection is grouped into three categories--"King in the World Around Us," "Spotlight on The Dark Tower" and "Writing into the Millennium"; each examines an aspect of King's contemporary canon that has yet to be analyzed.

Review Quotes

"Intriguing...engaging...McAleer and Perry have succeeded in paving the way for new scholarship on Stephen King's modern writing. The editors should be commended in particular for complicating the outdated notion that King is primarily a horror writer."-Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts

About the Author

Patrick McAleer co-chairs the Stephen King Area of the Popular Culture Association. He has published many articles on King and teaches English at Inver Hills Community College in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. Michael A. Perry is an associate professor of English at Rockford University in Illinois. He has presented papers connecting Stephen King to Toni Morrison, Mark Twain and Ambrose Bierce.