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Possessed Child Narratives in Literature and Film

Contrary States

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  • © 2004

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Part of the book series: Crime Files (CF)

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This book undertakes a study of the trope of possessed child in literature and film. It argues that the possessed child is fundamentally an American phenomenon which, first, may be traced to the Calvinist bias of the US as a nation founded on Puritanism and, second, to the rise of Catholicism in that country, to which Puritanism owes its origins.

About the author

ADRIAN SCHOBER has a PhD in Literature and Film from Monash University, Australia. His research interests include science fiction, horror, Hitchcock, Kubrick, and children's literature - this is his first book.

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