Screening Stephen King: Adaptation and the Horror Genre in Film and Television

by Simon Brown

Book Overview

Since 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147731492X
• ISBN13: 9781477314920
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"