Evil Children in the Popular Imagination

Karen J. Renner is Lecturer of English at Northern Arizona University, USA. She is the editor of The 'Evil' Child in Literature, Film, and Popular Culture (2012) and the author of articles that have appeared in such journals as Frame: Journal of Literary Studies, Red Feather: An International Journal of Children's Visual Culture, and Film Studies: An International Review.

• Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- 1. Monstrous Births.- 2. Gifted Children.- 3. Child Ghosts.- 4. Possessed Children.- 5. Ferals.- 6. Changelings.- Primary Sources.- Works Cited.- Index.

“Evil Children is an encyclopedic survey of the supernatural and ‘supernormal’ young that haunt our popular culture. … her book is a terrific resource for childhood scholars who may want to research and teach representations of the bad and the ugly alongside the good.” (Adam Golub, The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, Vol. 11 (2), 2018)