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

• Autores: Marta María Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Laura Filardo Llamas
• Localización: ES: Revista de filología inglesa, ISSN 0210-9689, Nº. 27, 2006-2007, págs. 39-60
• Idioma: inglés
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  • 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)