American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty

American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty (2008) is an anthology of essays studying all of William Peter Blatty's novels, from Which Way to Mecca, Jack? (1959) to Elsewhere (2009).

American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty
Trade Paperback
AuthorBenjamin Szumskyj
Cover artistMcFarland Publishing
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherMcFarland Publishing
Publication date
2008
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages204
ISBN978-0-7864-3597-5
OCLC228608101
813/.54 22
LC ClassPS3552.L392 Z55 2008

Contents

  • "So Much Mystery...": The Fiction of William Peter Blatty by Scott D. Briggs
  • Lebanon, the Fightin' Irish, and Billy Shakespeare: The Comic Novels of William Peter Blatty by John Goodrich
  • Fear of the Assimilation of the Foreign Other in The Exorcist by Philip L. Simpson
  • A Devil for the Day: William Peter Blatty, Ira Levin, and the Revision of the Satanic by John Langan
  • The Horror of The Exorcist: Its Presentation and Confrontation by J. W. Ocker
  • Some Thoughts on The Ninth Configuration by Henrik Sandbeck Harksen
  • Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane! and The Ninth Configuration: A Comparison by Ryan Streat
  • "Foot, You Are Wise!": The Apologetic Structure of The Ninth Configuration by Geoffrey Reiter
  • The Exorcist and Legion: Religious Horrors by Tim Kroenert
  • The Devilish God: William Peter Blatty's Legion and the Problem of Evil by James Doig
  • Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing: A Fable: The Theo-Illogical, Semi-Autobiographical Epic Film That Never Was by Michael Garrett
  • It Ain't Over Till the Fat Lady Sings: William Peter Blatty's Elsewhere and the Haunted House Formula by Davide Mana
  • The Exegesis of William Peter Blatty: Catholicism, Exorcism & Pazuzu by Benjamin Szumskyj
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