{"product_id":"stephen-kings-gothic-john-sears-9780708323458","title":"Stephen King's Gothic","description":"\u003cp\u003eStephen King is the world's best-selling horror writer. His work is ubiquitous on bookstore, supermarket, and personal library shelves and has been faithfully adapted into some of the most iconic horror films of the twentieth century. This study explores his writing through the lenses of contemporary literary and cultural theory. Through analyses of some of his best-known work, including \u003ci\u003eCarrie\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMisery\u003c\/i\u003e, the authors argue that King offers ways of encountering and understanding some of our deepest fears about life and death, the past and the future, technological change, other people, monsters, ghosts, and the supernatural.\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first extended critical-theoretical engagement with King's writing, and will be of interest to students, academics, and fans of horror fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Sears\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0708323456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780708323458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wales Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012","brand":"John Sears","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072693039359,"sku":"9780708323458","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_196d42b1-ccd3-4633-8e7b-ee34ff1091b0.jpg?v=1685443451","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stephen-kings-gothic-john-sears-9780708323458","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}