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Joanne Brown

The Distant Mirror

Reflections on Young Adult Historical Fiction

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Young adult historical fiction brings the past alive through stories of adventure, suspense, and mystery. The genre is both complex and controversial, encompassing novels that range from romance and fantasy to stark historical realism. The book examines the various approaches to young adult historical fiction and explores the issues that it has engendered. Part One focuses on the broader issues spawned by the genre itself, including its various subgenres - the line between fiction and fact; to what degree must an author adhere to historical accuracy?; time boundaries; the diary format; the protagonist as the outsider; who is entitled to wri… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Clair, St. Nancy
  • ISBN: 978-0-8108-5625-7
  • EAN: 9780810856257
  • Produktnummer: 1915605
  • Verlag: Scarecrow Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
  • Seitenangabe: 222 S.
  • Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D1.6 cm 435 g
  • Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
  • Gewicht: 435

Über den Autor


Joanne Brown is retired from her position as a professor of English at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where she taught courses in writing fiction, American drama, and adolescent literature. Nancy St. Clair is an associate professor of English at Simpson College in Indianoloa, Iowa, where she has just completed a long term as chair of the English Department and served as the Director of the Cornerstone and Senior colloquium programs. Joanne Brown and Nancy St. Clair are also authors of Declarations of Independence: Empowered Girls in Young Adult Literature, 1990-2001 (Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2002).

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