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Stephen King and philosophy / edited by Jacob M. Held.

Held, Jacob M., 1977- (editor.).

Summary:

"Haunting us with such unforgettable stories as The Shining, Shawshank Redemption, Salem's Lot, Carrie, The Green Mile, and Pet Semetary, Stephen King has been an anchor of American horror, science fiction, psychological thrillers, and suspense for over forty years. His characters have brought chills to our spines and challenged our notions of reality while leaving us in awe of the perseverance of the human spirit. As the first book in the new Great Authors and Philosophy series, Stephen King and Philosophy reveals some of the deeper issues raised by King's work. From retribution, freedom, and moral relativity, to death and insanity, the chapters of this book expose how King's stories access the questions and fears that nag each of us in the middle of night."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781442253841
ISBN: 1442253843
Physical Description: viii, 314 pages ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: On Writing Popular Philosophy / Jacob M. Held -- There is no God in Desperation: Tak and the Problem of Evil / Jacob M. Held and C. Taylor Sutton -- Female Subjectivity in Carrie / Kellye Byal -- "Sometimes Dead is Better": King, Daedalus, Dragon-Tyrants, and Deathism / Katherine Allen -- "Gan is Dead": Nietzsche and Roland's Eternal Recurrence / Garret Merriam -- Rāma of Gilead: Hindu Philosophy in The Dark Tower / Matthew A. Butkus -- What's Wrong with Roland? Utilitarianism and the Dark Tower / Greg Littman -- Stephen King and Aristotelian Friendship: An Analysis of The Body and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption / Bertha Alvarez Manninen -- Propaganda and Pedagogy for Apt Pupils / Michael K. Potter and Cam Cobb -- The Shining's Overlook Hotel as Heterotopia / Elizabeth Hornbeck -- Broadcast Dystopia: Power and Violence in The Running Man and The Long Walk / Joseph J. Foy and Timothy M. Dale -- Stephen King and the Art of Horror / Greg Littman -- "You weren't hired to philosophize, Torrance": The Death of the Author in The Shining / Charles Bane -- What Happens to the Present When it Becomes the Past: Time Travel and the Nature of Time in The Langoliers / Paul R. Daniels -- Notes on Foreknowledge, Truthmaking, and Counterfactuals from The Dead Zone / Tuomas W. Manninen -- Time Belongs to the Tower / Randall Auxier -- Ur 88,416 / Randall Auxier -- From Desperation to Haven: Horror, Compassion, and Arthur Schopenhauer / Jacob M. Held.