Stephen King on the Small Screen

by Browning, Mark

• ISBN13: 9781841504124
• ISBN10: 1841504122
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-15
• Publisher: Intellect L & D E F A E

Summary

In this follow up to Stephen King on the Big Screen (2009) Mark Browning turns his critical eye upon the much-neglected subject of the best-selling author's work in television, examining what it is about King's fiction that makes it particularly suitable for the small screen. . The book is the first written by a film specialist to consider King's television work in its own right, and rejects previous attempts to make the films and books fit rigid thematic categories. Browning examines what makes a written or visual text successful at evoking fear on a case-by-case basis, in a highly readable and engaging way.