Children and Childhood in the Works of Stephen King

Children and Childhood in the Works of Stephen King
ISBN-10
1793600139
ISBN-13
9781793600134
Category
Social Science
Pages
352
Language
English
Published
2020-10-06
Publisher
Lexington Books
Author
Debbie Olson

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.

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