American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty
 Trade Paperback | |
| Author | Benjamin Szumskyj |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | McFarland Publishing |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | McFarland Publishing |
Publication date | 2008 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 204 |
| ISBN | 978-0-7864-3597-5 |
| OCLC | 228608101 |
| 813/.54 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3552.L392 Z55 2008 |
American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty (2008) is a collection of essays studying all of William Peter Blatty's novels, from Which Way To Mecca, Jack? (1959) to Elsewhere (2009).
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
External links
- AmericanExorcist.TheNinthConfiguration.com - Official micro-site promoting the book
- Interview with Benjamin Szumskyj
- McFarland Publishing
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