{"product_id":"the-dark-descent-tony-magistrale-9780313272974","title":"The Dark Descent: Essays Defining Stephen King's Horrorscape","description":"\u003cp\u003eSurely one of America's most popular novelists, Stephen King has only recently begun to receive serious attention from scholars and literary critics. \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Descent\u003c\/i\u003e assembles fifteen illuminating original essays that consider King from a variety of intellectual orientations, addressing the major novels and central thematic concerns that represent King's contributions to American letters and elevating King scholarship to a new level of critical discourse. This volume places King firmly within the canon of contemporary American fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe essayists are concerned with explicating the meanings of individual narratives and creating critical contexts for their interpretion. While covering a broad range of his works and using multiple theoretical approaches--including reader-response, mythic, psychoanalytic, and structuralist criticism--to offer insights into King's fiction, most of the essayists reflect on one of two central theses: that King's body of literature may be seen as having been deeply influenced by the mainstream traditions of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American and European fictions, and that the narratives may be read as profound commentary on the major political and social tensions shaping contemporary American life. King's supernatural horrors reflect actual horrors, and his compelling style makes art out of horror fiction. A King chronology, bibliography and an expository introduction flank the analytical essays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tony Magistrale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313272972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313272974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Tony Magistrale","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913676652799,"sku":"9780313272974","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8bbcca3b-909d-4f29-b07a-3230d728d361.jpg?v=1680621676","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dark-descent-tony-magistrale-9780313272974","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}