Description: INTRODUCTION: Beyond Horror PART I: Snapshots of King's Craft The Rehabilitation of Stephen King by Tony Magistrale Storytelling and a Story Told: Stephen King's narrators in From a Buick 8, The Colorado Kid, and Blaze by Michael Perry Stephen King's "Fair Extension:" Of Contemporary America by Clotilde Landais The Bazaar of Bad Choices: What it is to be Female in King's New World by Mary Findley PART II: Ubiquitous Violence Monsters At Home: Representations of Domestic and Sexual Abuse in Gerald's Game, Dolores Claiborne, and Rose Madder by Kimberly Beal Razors, Bumper Stickers, and Wheelchairs: Male Violence and Madness in Rose Madder and Mr. Mercedes by Rebecca Frost Horrific Sympathies: The Comingling of Violence and Mental Illness in Stephen King's Mr. Mercedes by Hayley Mitchell Haugen From Meat World to Cyberspace: The Psychopath's Journey in Mr. Mercedes and End of Watch by Philip L. Simpson PART III: Reviving the Gothic Gothic Recall: Stephen King's Uncanny Revival of the Frankenstein Myth by Alexandra Reuber Travelling before the Storm: Shades of the Lightning Rod Salesman in Stephen King's Gothic by Conny L. Lippert From Wonder to Horror: Stephen King's Revival and Robertson Davies's Deptford Trilogy By Dominick Grace PART IV: Contemporary Cornerstones Time Ravel: History, Metafiction, and Immersion in Stephen King's 11/22/63 by Stefan L. Brandt In the Shadow of the Dark Tower: Stephen King's Fantasy Epic as 9/11 Literature by Jennifer L. Miller Untangling the True Knot: Stephen King's (Accidental) Vegan Manifesto in Doctor Sleep by Patrick McAleer Bibliography About the Editors About the Contributors

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