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- Excavating Stephen King
- Publication Name
- Excavating Stephen King : a Darwinist Hermeneutic Study of the Fiction
- Title
- Excavating Stephen King
- Subtitle
- A Darwinist Hermeneutic Study of the Fiction
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 1793628629
- EAN
- 9781793628626
- ISBN
- 9781793628626
- Publisher
- Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
- Genre
- Literary Criticism
- Subject
- Language & Reference
- Release Year
- 2020
- Release Date
- 28/10/2020
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1in
- Item Length
- 8.9in
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Item Weight
- 0 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Type
- Textbook
- Number of Pages
- 258 Pages
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Excavating Stephen King: A Darwinist Hermeneutic Study of the Fiction combines approaches from science and literary theory to examine the canon of Stephen King's fiction work in a single critical study. James Arthur Anderson has devised the concept of Darwinist Hermeneutics as a critical tool to combine evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, biology, and literary Darwinism with other more conventional critical theory, including structuralism, narratology, semiotics, and linguistic analysis. Using this theory, Anderson examines King's works in terms of archetypes and mythology, human universals, affective emotions, and the organization of story to create maximum suspense. This method brings new insights into King's stories and broader implications for storytelling as a whole.
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Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
ISBN-10
1793628629
ISBN-13
9781793628626
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28050391071
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Publication Name
Excavating Stephen King : a Darwinist Hermeneutic Study of the Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2020
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
258 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
0 Oz
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Ps3561.I483
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James Anderson's Excavating Stephen King is a welcomed addition to the ever-growing field of studies devoted to the work of the Master of the Macabre. Anderson is, above all else, a knowledgeable and refreshingly humble voice within the field (the conclusion to this text is worth the price of the entire book), and his genuinely unique approach to King's creations allows us to see, with clear, specific, and exceptionally well-reasoned analyses, that being a Constant Reader is hardly an exercise in the "dumbing down of American culture," as some snobbish critics have suggested. Indeed, with Anderson's help, we are able to see King in a new light, and ourselves as well, which is to say that the spotlight Anderson provides here ultimately reveals a keen and critical understanding of the self. To put it another way, Anderson's examination confirms King's sentiments that "Life isn't a support-system for art. It's the other way around., In the forty-six years since Carrie was published, Stephen King has had a prolific career, producing scores of novels and short stories. Critical books assessing his works started appearing in the early 1980s, and his stories started entering school and college curricula not long thereafter. Doctoral theses have been written about aspects of his work. Few books, though, have done as thorough a deep dive into literary criticism of King's novels as James Arthur Anderson has achieved in Excavating Stephen King. Although The Stand appears frequently in his analysis, Anderson covers the full range of King's works up to The Institute, including a thorough evaluation of the recent short story "Cookie Jar." He combines methods from the humanities and scientific fields such as neurology, evolutionary psychology, sociology and anthropology into a critical tool he calls Darwinist Hermeneutics. Even longtime fans of King's work may find themselves looking at his work in a different light after reading Excavating Stephen King. -- Bev Vincent James Anderson's Excavating Stephen King is a welcomed addition to the ever-growing field of studies devoted to the work of the Master of the Macabre. Anderson is, above all else, a knowledgeable and refreshingly humble voice within the field (the conclusion to this text is worth the price of the entire book), and his genuinely unique approach to King's creations allows us to see, with clear, specific, and exceptionally well-reasoned analyses, that being a Constant Reader is hardly an exercise in the "dumbing down of American culture," as some snobbish critics have suggested. Indeed, with Anderson's help, we are able to see King in a new light, and ourselves as well, which is to say that the spotlight Anderson provides here ultimately reveals a keen and critical understanding of the self. To put it another way, Anderson's examination confirms King's sentiments that "Life isn't a support-system for art. It's the other way around. -- Patrick McAleer, Inver Hills Community College, author of Inside the Dark Tower Series and co-editor of Stephen King's Modern Macabre (with Michael Perry) and The Modern Stephen King Canon (with Phil Simpson), In the forty-six years since Carrie was published, Stephen King has had a prolific career, producing scores of novels and short stories. Critical books assessing his works started appearing in the early 1980s, and his stories started entering school and college curricula not long thereafter. Doctoral theses have been written about aspects of his work. Few books, though, have done as thorough a deep dive into literary criticism of King's novels as James Arthur Anderson has achieved in Excavating Stephen King. Although The Stand appears frequently in his analysis, Anderson covers the full range of King's works up to The Institute, including a thorough evaluation of the recent short story "Cookie Jar." He combines methods from the humanities and scientific fields such as neurology, evolutionary psychology, sociology and anthropology into a critical tool he calls Darwinist Hermeneutics. Even longtime fans of King's work may find themselves looking at his work in a different light after reading Excavating Stephen King., Erudite, informatively insightful, impressively thoughtful and thought-provoking, "Excavating Stephen King: A Darwinist Hermeneutic Study of the Fiction" is an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended acquisition selection for college and university library Hermeneutic Literary Studies collections in general, and Stephen King supplemental studies lists in particular. This well organized and presented curriculum style textbook would be a useful template for similar studies of other literary figures.
Table of Content
Introduction: Stephen King, Fast Food or Five Star? Part 1: Archetypes: Structuralism Meets Darwin Chapter 1: The Hero's Quest Chapter 2: The Trickster: King's Tricks and Treats Chapter 3: In the Beginning... The Creation of the Multiverse Chapter 4: Silenced by Science: the Anthropocene Apocalypse in Cell Part 2: Human Universals Chapter 5 : The Stand: Survival of the Ethical Fittest Chapter 6: Religion: King as the "Dark Theologian" Chapter 7: Free Will: Robots or Wildcards Chapter 8: Time and 11/22/63 Chapter 9: Nostalgia and Things Past Part 3: Affective Emotions Chapter 10: The Battle of the Sexes Chapter 11: What's Love Got to Do with It? Chapter 12: Family and Children Chapter 13: Rage and Sweet Revenge Chapter 14 : Fear: Why We Like Scary Stories Part 4: Darwinism and the Arts Chapter 15: The Symbolic Animal: Imagination and Creativity Chapter 16: The Arts: Soothing the Savage Beast Chapter 17: The Addiction of Language and Story Chapter 18: The Thematic King Chapter 19: The Literary King Conclusion: Darwinist Hermeneutics and Stephen King Works Cited About the Author
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Horror & Supernatural, Modern / General, Hermeneutics
Lccn
2020-944424
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Philosophy
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