Inventing Contemporary Meaning of a Lived Life: Edith Wharton, Biography with the Young Reader in Mind
The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton: A Biography (2010), by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge is a recent biography of Edith Wharton (1862-1937) written for young readers. Wharton, known as a writer who neither wrote about, or for children, is here introduced to an entirely new audience. This article sets o...
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| Acesso em linha: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Resumo: | The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton: A Biography (2010), by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge is a recent biography of Edith Wharton (1862-1937) written for young readers. Wharton, known as a writer who neither wrote about, or for children, is here introduced to an entirely new audience. This article sets out to discuss the interventions made in the biography’s narrative discourse that orientates the telling of Edith Wharton’s lifespan to a contemporary young reader. In adjusting the text to the audience, the biographic material and Wharton’s entire lifespan is translated across time and adapted to suit the young reader. The telling of a contemporary tale about the meaning of the author’s life and work is invented. What story is formed, and what taken for granted norms and values does it hold? In what way an entire lifespan, 1862 to 1937, is made relevant for young readers in 2010? |
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