{"product_id":"screening-stephen-king-adaptation-and-the-horror-genre-in-film-and-television-hardback-9781477314913","title":"Screening Stephen King; Adaptation and the Horror Genre in Film and Television (Hardback) 9781477314913","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eScreening Stephen King\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAdaptation and the Horror Genre in Film and Television\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSimon Brown (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477314913, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 February 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Brown has done an excellent job of bringing together the many film and television King adaptations – the good, the bad and the ugly – and has packaged them into one coherent and, most importantly, accessible volume.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (LSE Review of Books) \u003cdiv\u003e\"[A] seminal text...Thoroughly researched and engaging.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Popular Culture Studies Journal) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A unique, valuable addition to the academic world…this text grants an innovative perspective that will pique the interest of many scholars…As a result of its meticulous construction, Simon Brown's text provides an original, valuable contribution to the humanities.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Popular Culture) \u003cdiv\u003eBrown’s work is an insightful exploration of the post-war horror milieu that nurtured King’s success and King’s indelible impact on the genre in turn.\u003c\/div\u003e (The Lineup)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the 1970s, the name Stephen King has been synonymous with horror. His vast number of books has spawned a similar number of feature films and TV shows, and together they offer a rich opportunity to consider how one writer’s work has been adapted over a long period within a single genre and across a variety of media-and what that can tell us about King, about adaptation, and about film and TV horror. Starting from the premise that King has transcended ideas of authorship to become his own literary, cinematic, and televisual brand, \u003ci\u003eScreening Stephen King\u003c\/i\u003e explores the impact and legacy of over forty years of King film and television adaptations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimon Brown first examines the reasons for King’s literary success and then, starting with Brian De Palma’s \u003ci\u003eCarrie\u003c\/i\u003e, explores how King’s themes and style have been adapted for the big and small screens. He looks at mainstream multiplex horror adaptations from \u003ci\u003eCujo\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eCell\u003c\/i\u003e, low-budget DVD horror films such as \u003ci\u003eThe Mangler\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Corn\u003c\/i\u003e franchises, non-horror films, including \u003ci\u003eStand by Me\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Shawshank Redemption\u003c\/i\u003e, and TV works from \u003ci\u003eSalem’s Lot\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eUnder the Dome. \u003c\/i\u003eThrough this discussion, Brown identifies what a Stephen King film or series is or has been, how these works have influenced film and TV horror, and what these influences reveal about the shifting preoccupations and industrial contexts of the post-1960s horror genre in film and TV.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Mainstream Horror and Brand Stephen King\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Stephen King from Vietnam to Reagan: The Early Adaptations and the Establishment of Brand Stephen King on the Screen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. The Mainstream Adaptations, 1986–\u003cbr\u003e2007\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Stephen King as Low-Budget and Straight-to-DVD Horror\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. Stephen King as TV Horror\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion. The Future Is Also History: The Contemporary Evolution of Brand Stephen King\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelected TV and Filmography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52589127237912,"sku":"9781477314913","price":55.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/screening-stephen-king-adaptation-and-the-horror-genre-in-film-and-television-hardback-9781477314913","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}