The place of historical novel for young readers within the historical and literary canon

  1. Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Marta María
  2. Filardo Llamas, Laura
Journal:
ES: Revista de filología inglesa

ISSN: 0210-9689

Year of publication: 2006

Issue: 27

Pages: 39-60

Type: Article

More publications in: ES: Revista de filología inglesa

Abstract

Many issues are raised when authors set their stories in the past. First and foremost there is the balance that must be kept between the responsibility owed to historical truth and the need to write a story which in its emotional and narrative truth engages the modem reader. (Collins 2001: v)