An article by Isaac, associate professor of English, was published in the journal Children's Literature.
Megan Isaac, associate professor of English, has published and article in the journal Children’s Literature.
Entitled, “A Character of One’s Own: The Perils of Female Authorship in the Young Adult
Novel from Alcott to Birdsall,” Isaac analyzes the representation of young women as writers over a period of 150 years. Isaac begins with the well-known novelists Louisa May Alcott and Dodie Smith who create a model of the young woman as aspiring writer that features deep reading and domestication. Recent novels by young adult authors Rainbow Rowell, Anna Breslaw, and Scott Westerfeld showcase a new model of the young female writer featuring modern publishing opportunities, including fanfiction, and corresponding pitfalls.
The article is available in Children’s Literature 46, 2018, 133-168.