The Embodiment of Evil in Children’s Literature. How Villainy and Adulthood are Interconnected in Children’s Stories.

• Author: Amberg, Almut M.
• Place / Publishing House: Hamburg : : Diplomica Verlag,, 2020.; {copy}2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (76 pages)

Table of Contents

• The Embodiment of Evil in Children's Literature. How Villainy and Adulthood are Interconnected in Children's Stories
• Danksagung
• Content
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Theoretical Approaches
• 2.1. Children's fiction
• 2.2. Adults in Children's Fiction
• 2.3. Villainy
• 3. You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum (2006): The Nasty Idler
• 3.1. Description of Mr Gum
• 3.2. Mr Gum's Villainy
• 4. Matilda (1988): The Child-hating Teacher
• 4.1. Description of Miss Trunchbull
• 4.2. Miss Trunchbull's Villainy
• 5. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950):The Cold Seductress
• 5.1. Description of the White Witch
• 5.2. The White Witch's Villainy
• 6. Peter and Wendy (1911): The Well-Mannered Pirate
• 6.1. Description of Captain Hook
• 6.2. Captain Hook's Villainy
• 7. The Bad Beginning (1999): The Scheming Actor
• 7.1. Description of Count Olaf
• 7.2. Count Olaf's Villainy
• 8. Conclusion
• Bibliography.