Possessed Child Narratives in Literature and Film Contrary States
Description
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.
Keywords
Literary CriticismSemiotics & TheorySocial SciencePerforming ArtsFilmHistory & CriticismTelevisionSociologyMarriage & FamilyFictionLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & ComparativeAnthropologyCultural & Social
2004Book
Author(s)Adrian Schober
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781403935106
LanguageEnglish
