American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty

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

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).[1][2]

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

References

  1. ^ "American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty". amazon.com. 4 September 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. ^ "AmericanExorcist.TheNinthConfiguration.com - American Exorcist: Critical Essays On William Peter Blatty". americanexorcist.theninthconfiguration.com. 4 September 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2023.


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