American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty
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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).
William Peter Blatty
William Peter Blatty is an American writer and filmmaker. The novel The Exorcist, written in 1971, is his magnum opus; he also penned the subsequent screenplay version of the film, for which he won an Academy Award....
novels, from Which Way To Mecca, Jack? (1959) to Elsewhere
Elsewhere (2009 novel)
Elsewhere is a novel by William Peter Blatty, released on May 15, 2009 through Cemetery Dance Publications. It was originally published as a novella in 1999 in Al Sarrantonio's 999: New Stories Of Horror And Suspense anthology....
(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 ExorcistThe ExorcistThe Exorcist is a novel of supernatural suspense by William Peter Blatty, published by Harper & Row in 1971. It was inspired by a 1949 case of demonic possession and exorcism that Blatty heard about while he was a student in the class of 1950 at Georgetown University, a Jesuit school...
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 ConfigurationThe Ninth ConfigurationThe Ninth Configuration, is an American-made film, released in 1980, directed by William Peter Blatty...
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 LegionLegion (novel)Legion is a 1983 horror novel by William Peter Blatty, a sequel to The Exorcist. It was made into the movie The Exorcist III in 1990.Like The Exorcist, it involves demonic possession...
: 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 ElsewhereElsewhere (2009 novel)Elsewhere is a novel by William Peter Blatty, released on May 15, 2009 through Cemetery Dance Publications. It was originally published as a novella in 1999 in Al Sarrantonio's 999: New Stories Of Horror And Suspense anthology....
and the Haunted House Formula by Davide Mana - The Exegesis of William Peter Blatty: CatholicismCatholicismCatholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....
, ExorcismExorcismExorcism is the religious practice of evicting demons or other spiritual entities from a person or place which they are believed to have possessed...
& PazuzuPazuzuIn Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, Pazuzu was the king of the demons of the wind, and son of the god Hanbi. He also represented the southwestern wind, the bearer of storms and drought.- Iconography :...
by Benjamin Szumskyj