A Question of Identity: Some Aspects of Historical Fiction for Children Set in Ireland.

Lake, Wendy

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Publication Date: 1987

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A Question of Identity: Some Aspects of Historical Fiction for Children Set in Ireland.

Lake, Wendy

Children's Literature in Education, v18 n1 p13-19 1987

Argues that historical fiction for young people about Ireland presents concerns of the past as intimately connected with controversies of the present and often explores the possibility of friendship between characters from different traditions in Ireland. (SRT)

Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, European History, Fiction, Identification (Psychology), Nationalism

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Ireland

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