{"product_id":"king-noir-the-crime-fiction-of-stephen-king-9781496852755","title":"King Noir: The Crime Fiction of Stephen King","description":"Over the past thirty years, Stephen King has received enormous attention from both the popular press as well as academics seeking to explain the unique phenomenon of his success. Books on King explore his canon in religious contexts, in political and historical contexts, in mythic--specifically Jungian--contexts, in Gothic\/horror (especially American literary) contexts, and in a wide variety of other contexts appropriate to a writer who, over the past half century, has become \"America's Storyteller.\" Beginning with a never-published chapter authored by Stephen King himself on the influence of the genre on his own writing, \u003ci\u003eKing Noir\u003c\/i\u003e makes an invaluable contribution to King scholarship by placing King's works in conversation with American crime fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the third book that Tony Magistrale and Michael J. Blouin have coauthored on the work of Stephen King, and the first to consider King's canon through the lens of crime fiction. \u003ci\u003eKing Noir\u003c\/i\u003e examines not only King's own efforts at writing in the detective genre, but also how the detective genre finds its way into work typically regarded as horror fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In interviews, King has acknowledged his debt to earlier writers in the genre, such as Ed McBain and Raymond Chandler, and he much more often references hard-boiled writers than he does horror writers. One could speculate that King became a writer because of his love of pulpy crime fiction, which he continues to hold in high esteem. From \u003ci\u003eThe Dead Zone\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eMr. Mercedes\u003c\/i\u003e, from the crime fiction of his pseudonym Richard Bachman to his most recent novel \u003ci\u003eHolly\u003c\/i\u003e, King returns obsessively to patterns established by American sleuths of every stripe, paying homage to them at the same time as he innovates on the formulas he has inherited. To focus upon a hard-boiled Stephen King is to discover exciting new avenues for inquiry into one of America's most enduring, and adaptable, storytellers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tony Magistrale, Michael J. Blouin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496852755","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43446845538441,"sku":"9781496852755","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_0ca5f3d6-a68d-4b05-92bf-742296033054.jpg?v=1741683147","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/king-noir-the-crime-fiction-of-stephen-king-9781496852755","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}