{"product_id":"the-many-lives-of-scary-ron-riekki-9781476680910","title":"The Many Lives of Scary Clowns: Essays on Pennywise, Twisty, the Joker, Krusty and More","description":"\u003cp\u003e The frightening yet comic clown is one of the best and most enduring characters in literature, theater, television, and film. Across the centuries, from Shakespeare's Porter in \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e to Edgar Allan Poe's \"Hop-Frog,\" or Stephen King's Pennywise, horror and comedy have blended to create the perfect recipe for entertainment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This volume gives an in-depth analysis of the clown horror genre, including essays by revered horror scholars such as Kevin Wetmore, Dale Bailey, Kim Hester Williams, Jennifer K. Cox, and Joanna Parypinski. Their essays cover topics such as nostalgia, race, class, and new portrayals of the scary clown as zombies or phantoms. It also offers interviews with actors and directors working in the clown horror genre: Eoghan McQuinn (\u003ci\u003eStitches\u003c\/i\u003e), Kevin Kangas (\u003ci\u003eFear of Clowns\u003c\/i\u003e), and Jaysen Buterin (\u003ci\u003eKill Giggles\u003c\/i\u003e). Some of fiction's most terrifying creations--like the Killer Klowns, Captain Spaulding, Art the Clown, Krusty, Frowny, the Joker, and Twisty--jig through these pages of analysis and deconstruction, asking what these many iterations of scary clowns have to say about our society and its fears. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ron Riekki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476680914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476680910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.74h x 5.83w x 0.55d","brand":"Ron Riekki","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057571131647,"sku":"9781476680910","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_544cb111-2e93-4930-9f6b-7ba8528c2244.jpg?v=1685047747","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-many-lives-of-scary-ron-riekki-9781476680910","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}