The Lost Child in Literature and Culture

Mark Froud is an Independent Scholar. His Doctorate was through University of the West of England, UK and his Masters of Research at Bath Spa University, UK. His publications include essays in two international collections The Tapestry of the Creative Word in Anglophone Literatures and Another life = Une autre vie.

1. Introduction - The Figure of the Child.- 2. The Child in the Story.- 3. The Child Lost in History.- 4. The Child Lost in Our Time.- 5. The Uncanny Child, a Ghostly Return.- 6. The Hole in Language.- 7. Conclusion.

“The Lost Child in Literature and Culture is a well-researched book which takes its readers on a journey across disciplines, countries and eras in order to remind us of real-life abducted, victimised, murdered, stolen and lost children and to explore how those cases connect to the imaginary and symbolic. The study is as much about the lost child within us as it is about what the symbol tells us about the world we live in.” (Nataša Kampmark, Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia JEASA, Vol. 8 (2), 2017)