Re-visioning Historical Fiction for Young Readers : The Past through Modern Eyes

ISBN-13: 9780415890076 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 212 str.

Kim Wilson

Opis

This study is concerned with how readers are positioned to interpret the past in historical fiction for children & young adults. Looking at literature published within the last 30-40 years, Wilson explores a prevalent trend for re-visioning & rewriting the past according to modern social & political ideological assumptions.

O autorze

Kim Wilson recently completed a PhD in English, specializing in children's literature, at Macquarie University. Her research examined the ideological framing of children’s historical fiction published over the last forty years. Her most recent publication, ‘Living History Fiction’. Papers 20.1 (2010): 77-86, argues for a new sub-genre in historical fiction.