Tony Magistrale è un acclamato autore la cui produzione creativa spazia dalla poesia all'analisi critica. I suoi versi approfondiscono temi di amore e connessione umana, impiegando spesso un linguaggio evocativo e intimo. Oltre alla sua poesia, Magistrale è un importante studioso del Gotico anglo-americano, tracciandone la traiettoria storica e le sue manifestazioni nella cultura popolare contemporanea. I suoi lavori accademici illuminano le sfaccettature più oscure della psiche umana e i contesti sociali che plasmano questa duratura tradizione letteraria.
Focusing on uniquely American fears and societal issues, this analysis delves into Stephen King's body of work, highlighting how he both critiques and celebrates these themes throughout his prolific career. The exploration reveals the complexities of King's storytelling and his reflections on the human condition, making it a compelling read for fans and scholars alike.
This book surveys the labyrinthine relationship between Stephen King and American History. By depicting American History as a doomed cycle of greed and violence, King poses a number of important who gets to make history, what gets left out, how one understands one's role within it, and how one might avoid repeating mistakes of the past. This volume examines King's relationship to American History through the illumination of metanarratives, adaptations, "queer" and alternative historical lenses, which confront the destructive patterns of our past as well as our capacity to imagine a different future. Stephen King and American History will present readers with an opportunity to place popular culture in conversation with the pressing issues of our day. If we hope to imagine a different path forward, we will need to come to terms with this enclosure―a task for which King's corpus is uniquely well-suited.
Abject Terrors is an expansive study of the most significant films from the prolific horror genre - from its origins in the 1920s and 1930s, to its contemporary representations. This survey brings together close analyses of individual motion pictures, demonstrating the interconnections among these filmic texts and their contribution to defining quintessential aspects of the modern and postmodern horror film.
This study traces Edgar Allan Poe’s contribution to the Gothic tradition and his invention of the detective tale. It explores the connections between these genres in British and American writers influenced by Poe, such as Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thomas Harris, and Stephen King. This book also examines women writers strongly influenced by Poe, such as Joyce Carol Oates, Sara Paretsky, and Sue Grafton. The last chapter of the volume considers films – in particular, the Roger Corman Poe series , Chinatown, Seven, and Blade Runner – that connect the horror and detective genres.
The book offers a comprehensive examination of critical responses to both Stephen King's original work and Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of "The Shining." It delves into various interpretations, exploring themes, stylistic choices, and the impact of each version on audiences. By analyzing differing perspectives, the survey highlights the complexities and nuances of the story, revealing how the two mediums approach horror and psychological tension uniquely.
Exploring themes of travel and discovery, this collection of dialogues invites readers to embark on both literal and metaphorical journeys. Divided into three parts, it bridges the living and the dead, as well as the past and present, allowing for a unique exploration of time and experience. Through the poet's lens, the mystery, humor, sadness, and magic of travel are revealed, emphasizing that sometimes getting lost can lead to the most profound insights and unexpected adventures.
This book features an in-depth analysis of the world's most popular movie, The Shawshank Redemption, delving into issues such as: the significance of race in the film, its cinematic debt to earlier genres, the gothic influences at work in the movie, and the representation of Andy's poster art as cross-gendered signifiers.