Beyond the Surface: Problems and Challenges in Young Adult Biographies.

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Main Author: Moore, Ann W.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1990
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contents Beyond the Surface: Problems and Challenges in Young Adult Biographies. Moore, Ann W. Adolescent Literature Adolescents Bias Biographies Book Reviews Literary Criticism Problems Discusses biographies written for young adults and describes problems with inferior writing in many of them. Examples of both good and bad biographies are given, and problems highlighted include unimportant details, a failure to make facts interesting, an absence of personal information, and an emphasis on neutrality from fear of bias. (LRW)
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spellingShingle Beyond the Surface: Problems and Challenges in Young Adult Biographies.
Moore, Ann W.
Adolescent Literature
Adolescents
Bias
Biographies
Book Reviews
Literary Criticism
Problems
Beyond the Surface: Problems and Challenges in Young Adult Biographies. Moore, Ann W. Adolescent Literature Adolescents Bias Biographies Book Reviews Literary Criticism Problems Discusses biographies written for young adults and describes problems with inferior writing in many of them. Examples of both good and bad biographies are given, and problems highlighted include unimportant details, a failure to make facts interesting, an absence of personal information, and an emphasis on neutrality from fear of bias. (LRW)
title Beyond the Surface: Problems and Challenges in Young Adult Biographies.
topic Adolescent Literature
Adolescents
Bias
Biographies
Book Reviews
Literary Criticism
Problems
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ413721