Description
This unique and timely collection examines childhood and the child character throughout Stephen King's works, from his early novels and short stories, through film adaptations, to his most recent publications. King's use of child characters within the framework of horror (or of horrific childhood) raises questions about adult expectations of children, childhood, the American family, child agency, and the nature of fear and terror for (or by) children. The ways in which King presents, complicates, challenges, or terrorizes children and notions of childhood provide a unique lens through which to examine American culture, including both adult and social anxieties about children and childhood across the decades of King's works.
About the Author
Debbie Olson is assistant professor of English at Missouri Valley College.
Book Information
ISBN 9781793600127
Author Debbie Olson
Format Hardback
Page Count 352
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Lexington Books
Weight(grams) 703g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 161mm * 31mm
