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From The Long Walk to The Outsider, Stephen King’s output reflects the major political concerns of the previous fifty years. This book is the first sustained study of the complex ways in which King’s texts speak to their unique political moments. By exploring this aspect of the author’s popular works, readers might better understand the numerous crises that Americans currently face – the book surveys King’s corpus to address a wide range of issues, including the spread of neoliberalism, the Bush-Cheney doctrine, and the chaos of the populist present. Although the fiction outwardly declares itself to be anti-political (thus reflecting a widespread shift away from democracy in the aftermath of the 1960s), political energies persist just beneath the surface. Given the possibility of a political resurgence that haunts so many of his page-turners, Stephen King produces horror and hope in equal measure.


1. Prelude: The (Im)possible Politics of Stephen King’s Fiction
2. The Bachman Books and America’s Death Drive
3. King’s Cars and the Grinding Gears of Post-Fordism
4. Firestarter; Or, the Smelting of a Neoliberal Subject
5. IT, Individualism, and the Idea of Community
6. Interlude: The Langoliers and the Political Event
7. Human Capital in Rose Madder
8. Under the Dome and the Deteriorating Demos
9. The Outsider and the Shifting Shapes of Trumpism
10. Postlude: Revolutions of The Stand
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Date de parution

01 janvier 2021

Nombre de lectures

1

EAN13

9781786836472

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English

Poids de l'ouvrage

10 Mo

Stephen King AND AMERICAN POLITICS
HORROR STUDIES
Series Editor Xavier Aldana Reyes, Mancester Metropolitan University
Editorial Board Stacey Abbott, Roeampton University Linnie Blake, Mancester Metropolitan University Harry M. Bensoff, University of Nort Texas Fred Botting, Kingston University Steven Brum, Western University Steffen Hantke, Sogang University Joan Hawkins, Indiana University Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet, University of Lausanne Bernice M. Murpy, Trinity College Dublin Jonny Walker, Nortumbria University
Preface Horror Studies is te first book series exclusively dedicated to te study of te genre in its various manifestations – from fiction to cinema and televi-sion, magazines to comics, and extending to oter forms of narrative texts suc as video games and music. Horror Studies aims to raise te profile of Horror and to furter its academic institutionalisation by providing a pub-lising ome for cutting-edge researc. As an exciting new venture witin te establised Cultural Studies and Literary Criticism programme, Horror Studies will expand te field in innovative and student-friendly ways.
Stephen King AND AMERICAN POLITICS
MICHAEL J. BLOUIN
UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS 2021
© Micael J. Blouin, 2021
All rigts reserved. No part of tis book may be reproduced in any material form (including potocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and weter or not transiently or incidentally to some oter use of tis publication) witout te written permission of te copyrigt owner except in accordance wit te provisions of te Copyrigt, Designs and Patents Act. Applications for te copyrigt owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of tis publication sould be addressed to teUniversity of Wales Press, University Registry, KingEdward VII Avenue, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NS.
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Britis Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for tis book is available from te Britis Library.
ISBN 978-1-78683-646-5 eISBN 978-1-78683-647-2
he rigt of Micael J. Blouin to be identified as autor of tis work as been asserted in accordance wit sections 77 and 79 of te Copyrigt, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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Dedicated to Willow
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Contents
Acknowledgements
Prelude:he (Im)possible Politics of Stepen King’s Fiction
he Bacman Books and America’s Deat Drive
King’s Cars and te Grinding Gears of Post-Fordism
Firestarter;or, te Smelting of a Neo-liberal Subject
IT, Individualism, and te Idea of Community
Interlude:he Langoliersand te Political Event
Human Capital inRose Madder
Under tHe Domeand te Deteriorating Demos
he Outsiderand te Sifting Sapes of Trumpism
10. Postlude:Revolutions ofhe Stand
Notes
Bibliograpy
Index
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Acknowledgements
HEN I DECIDED to return to Stepen King’s fiction, it felt like W coming ome. I spent a good deal of my time in college locating countless treasures in te dark and dismal corners of is works – an endeav-our tat eventually nudged me into a career in academia. Most fortunately, I met my future partner Kate in a course dedicated to tis subject. Our sared appreciation of King’s writing elped to spark our love. I decided to cart my own pat in te years tat followed by gaining greater insigt into critical teory as well as popular culture (specifically, in conversation wit neo-liberalism). But te road as led me back to King. One day,I found myself quite unexpectedly sitting down to tink troug is fic-tion wit fres eyes. Wat ensued was te profoundly joyful experience of writing tis book. Kate gave me te time and space to write tis book, and se inspired me on a daily basis to be a better person. Her generous spirit reminds me tat tings can, in fact, always be oterwise. My daugters Emerson and Willow distracted me, in te best possible way, and filled my eart wit ligt wen te nature of te researc weiged me down. My moter Melissa provided me wit confidence wen doubts crept to te surface.I am extremely fortunate to ave tese people in my life. I also owe a great deal to my most formative professors, Tony Mag-istrale and Gary Hoppenstand, bot igly respected experts on King’s fiction. Once upon a time, tey taugt me to take King seriously and to reflect upon unlooked-for aspects of is corpus. As a collaborator on a
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