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More than sixty years after the The Twilight Zone debuted on
television, the show remains a cultural phenomenon, including a
feature film, three television reboots, a comic book series, a
magazine and a theatrical production. This collection of new essays
offers a roadmap through a dimension not only of sight and sound,
but of mind. Scholars, writers, artists and contributors to the
1980s series investigate the many incarnations of Rod Serling's
influential vision through close readings of episodes, explorations
of major themes and first-person accounts of working on the show.
The frightening yet comic clown is one of the best and most
enduring characters in literature, theater, television, and film.
Across the centuries, from Shakespeare's Porter in Macbeth to Edgar
Allan Poe's "Hop-Frog," or Stephen King's Pennywise, horror and
comedy have blended to create the perfect recipe for entertainment.
This volume gives an in-depth analysis of the clown horror genre,
including essays by revered horror scholars such as Kevin Wetmore,
Dale Bailey, Kim Hester Williams, Jennifer K. Cox, and Joanna
Parypinski. Their essays cover topics such as nostalgia, race,
class, and new portrayals of the scary clown as zombies or
phantoms. It also offers interviews with actors and directors
working in the clown horror genre: Eoghan McQuinn (Stitches), Kevin
Kangas (Fear of Clowns), and Jaysen Buterin (Kill Giggles). Some of
fiction's most terrifying creations--like the Killer Klowns,
Captain Spaulding, Art the Clown, Krusty, Frowny, the Joker, and
Twisty--jig through these pages of analysis and deconstruction,
asking what these many iterations of scary clowns have to say about
our society and its fears.
After its publication in 1986, Stephen King's novel It sparked
sequels, remakes, parodies and solidified an entire genre: clown
horror. Decades later, director Andy Muschietti revitalized King's
popular novel, smashing all box office expectations with the
release of his 2017 film It. At the time of its release, the movie
set the record for the world's highest-grossing horror film.
Examining the legacy of the controversial cult novel, the 2017 box
office sensation and other incarnations of the demonic clown
Pennywise, this collection of never-before-published essays covers
the franchise from a variety of perspectives. Topics include
examinations of the carnivalesque in both the novel and films,
depictions of sexuality and theology in the book, and discussion of
patriarchy and the franchise, among other diverse subjects.
One of the top-grossing independent films of all time (and the
first horror movie shot in Michigan), The Evil Dead (1981) sparked
a worldwide cult following, resulting in sequels, remakes,
musicals, comic books, conventions, video games and a television
series. Examining the legacy of one of the all-time great horror
films, this collection of new essays covers the franchise from a
range of perspectives. Topics include The Evil Dead as punk rock
cinema, the Deadites' (demon-possessed undead) place in the
American zombie tradition, the powers and limitations of Deadites,
evil as affect, and the films' satire of neoliberal individualism.
Michigan's Upper Peninsula is distinct from the rest of the state
in geography, climate, and culture, including a unique and thriving
creative writing community. In The Way North: Collected Upper
Peninsula New Works, editor Ron Riekki presents poetry, fiction,
and non-fiction from memorable, varied voices that are writing from
and about Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In all, this unique anthology
features new works from forty-two writers, including rising star
Ellen Airgood, Edgar Award winner Steve Hamilton, Rona Jaffe Award
winner Catie Rosemurgy, Jonathan Johnson of Best American Poetry,
Michigan Notable Book Award winner Keith Taylor, and Michigan
Author Award winner John Smolens. In 49 poems and 20
stories-diverse in form, length, and content-readers are introduced
to the unmistakable terrain and characters of the U.P. The book not
only showcases the snow, small towns, and idiosyncratic characters
that readers might expect but also introduces unexpected regions
and voices. From the powerful powwow in Baraga of April Lindala's
""For the Healing of All Women"" to the sex-charged basement in
Stambaugh of Chad Faries's ""Hotel Stambaugh: Michigan, 1977"" to
the splendour found between Newberry and Paradise in Joseph D.
Haske's ""Tahquamenon,"" readers will delight in discovering the
work of both new and established authors. The contributors range
widely in age, gender, and background, as The Way North highlights
the work of established writers, teachers, students, labourers,
fishermen, housewives, and many others. The Way North brings the
U.P.'s literary tradition to the awareness of more readers and
showcases some of the most compelling work connected to the area.
It will be welcomed by readers interested in new fiction and poetry
and instructors of courses on Michigan writing.
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