Notes Link: http://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/leisure/horror-literature--life-after-stephen-king-1317.htm It’s common knowledge that Stephen King took a literary subgenre in the early eighties and turned it into a mainstream literary genre Bestsellers like Shinning‚ Carrie‚ Blood and Smoke and even Bag of Bones (which was the first book in the genre to be given in depth analysis by literary critics worldwide) propelled horror literature to a class of its own‚ away from the scorned subgenre
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Stephen King’s first novel would never have been published if not for his wife Tabitha - she removed it from the garbage where he had thrown it. Three months later when he submitted it to Doubleday publishing‚ he received a $2500 advance on the book that went on to sell a modest 13‚000 hardcover copies. The book was Carrie. Reviews were mixed‚ but when United Artists and Brian De Palma released the film version in 1976‚ it was a critical and commercial success. New American Library purchased the
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Lexus Marshall English 101/Sec 011 Comparison & Contrast Essay 10/16/12 Ms. Watkins In two horror films‚ "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" the main killers have similarities and differences between each other. By their past‚ their killings‚ and weapons. In the horror film‚ "A Nightmare On Elm Street"‚ takes place in a town called Elm Street where teenagers are paying the price for actions their parents made‚ by burning a man to death‚ when they were young
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According to Biography.com‚ “Stephen King is a ‘New York Times’-bestselling novelist who made his name in the horror and fantasy genres with books like ‘Carrie‚’ ‘The Shining‚’ and ‘IT.’” From the time Stephen was born‚ he has stood out as a miracle‚ not only to his family but to the fans of literature worldwide. Stephen King’s life may seem luxurious because he can satisfy all of his family’s dreams‚ but it was an extensive‚ troubling road that brought him to his current destination. Although his
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In the Novel the body by Stephen king The Character Gordie Lachance is a very girfted kid. Gordie is very creative having the ability to create stories for his friends and he also like writing stories. Gordie is also has good teamwork skills being able to act efficient in a group of people. Gordie was also neglected but he still managed to be successful. One of Gordie’s character traits is creativity‚ Gordie has a talent for writing stories in the novel Chris and Gordie had a talk. Chris was
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entire existence of art‚ but only the appearance of the cinema made depiction of fear as real and graphical as to make people actually see it. Over the course of the 20th century the horror movies of all kinds‚ from crudely primitive to rather intellectual have been extremely popular and remain to be so in the 21st one. But why? The main reason‚ in my opinion‚ is that‚ no matter what people say about modern world and how terrible it is‚ the fact that the life of the majority of people is much safer and
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I dislike watching horror movies because they are negative towards people and you have to deal with it mentally. When I was seven‚ I had a bad experience with a scary movie. My friends forced me to watch Halloween with them on a cold fall night in October. The disturbing image of Mike Myers killing someone is still locked in my mind today. I hated this film because of the white mask Mike Myers would wear. I hate the fact that I know something is going to pop out at me in the movie and make me jump
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The Master of Horror and Suspense‚ Stephen King Even if a person has never read one of his books or watched one of his movies there is strong a likelihood that they have heard the name Stephen King. King was born on September 21‚ 1947 in Portland‚ Maine. At the age of two‚ King’s father abandoned his family‚ leaving them with a substantial amount of debt. After graduating from the University of Maine‚ King married Tabitha Spruce and obtained a teaching occupation in Hampden‚ Maine‚ in 1971. He taught
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Donqua Williams Effects of Horror movies in the society If you were to take a survey of how many people like to watch horror movies‚ I’m pretty sure most people wouldn’t choose horror films. According to Sparks‚ watching horrifying films will cause physical reactions such as sweaty pants‚ tense muscles‚ a spike in blood pressure and/or an increase in heart rate. Some people don’t like to watch horror movies because they have bad dreams or don’t like sleeping in the dark alone. Parents
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A developing writer should read this book because it teaches and provides you with a lot of advice for writing and for life in general. Stephen King‚ the author of On Writing‚ teaches you to cut out things that are not needed for the writing piece. A lot of developing writers need to learn this. Even though it shortens the length of the writing‚ it makes it better overall because you do not distract from the overall topic or idea. When you have to many different things happening the main point is
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