Danse macabre 9781439170984, 9781439171165, 1439170983
Before he gave us the “one of a kind classic” (The Wall Street Journal) memoirOn Writing, Stephen King wrote a nonfictio
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English Pages xli, 459 pages; 21 cm Year 2010
Table of contents :
October 4, 1957, and an invitation to dance --
Tales of the hook --
Tales of the tarot --
An annoying autobiographical pause --
Radio and the set of reality --
The modern American horror movie: text and subtext --
The horror movie as junk food --
The glass teat, or, this monster was brought to you by Gainesburgers --
Horror fiction --
The last waltz: horror and morality, horror and magic --
Appendix 1: The films --
Appendix 2: The books.
October 4, 1957, and an invitation to dance --
Tales of the hook --
Tales of the tarot --
An annoying autobiographical pause --
Radio and the set of reality --
The modern American horror movie: text and subtext --
The horror movie as junk food --
The glass teat, or, this monster was brought to you by Gainesburgers --
Horror fiction --
The last waltz: horror and morality, horror and magic --
Appendix 1: The films --
Appendix 2: The books.
