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.