Crime Files: Contrary States

Schober, A.

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2004-07-30

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403935106

DOI: 10.1057/9780230599543

Dimensions: 203cm x127cm

Pages: 206