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.

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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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Book Title: Possessed Child Narratives in Literature and Film
Book Subtitle: Contrary States
Authors: Adrian Schober
Series Title: Crime Files
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230599543
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-3510-6Published: 30 July 2004
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59954-3Published: 30 July 2004
Series ISSN: 2947-8340
Series E-ISSN: 2947-8359
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 206
Topics: Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, Film History, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Screen Studies, Fiction

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

The New England Connection

God is Dead

East Meets West

Culture Shock

For Children Only?

Conclusion

Back Matter

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