Doughty, Terri
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Item A relational poetics of plant-human interactions: Contrasting the picture books of Cicely Mary Barker and Elsa Beskow(Routledge, 2021-11-30) Doughty, TerriThis chapter makes use of environmental philosophy, environmental educational theory, and critical plant studies to propose how Elsa Beskow's picture books might promote a cognitive shift leading to rejection of species hierarchies and recognition that plants and humans are interconnected in webs of kinship. It contrasts the “Flower Fairy” picture books of Cicely Mary Barker with books by Beskow to highlight a relational poetics of human-plant interactions. Working in the first half of the twentieth century, both women created iconic images of flower fairies or plant people, blurring the plant/human boundary. However, Barker’s books, notable for their botanical accuracy, present plant fairies with individual plant specimens, not generally part of a larger biota. In contrast, in books such as Blomsterfesten i Täppan [The Flowers’ Festival], and Lasse Liten i Trädgården [Christopher’s Garden], Beskow models human children and plants co-existing in inter- and intra-species relationships. This chapter argues that Beskow’s relational poetics may contribute to child readers’ development of an affective understanding of plants as living beings equally deserving of care and respect as fellow humans.Item From juxtaposition to interweave: Intergenerational collaboration in the works of Brian Selznick(University of Mississippi Press, 2021) Doughty, TerriThis chapter considers Selznick’s use of the orphan plot in The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007), Wonderstruck (2011), and The Marvels (2015), and then focuses on Wonderstruck and The Marvels, which structurally take a more sophisticated approach to intergenerational relationships, juxtaposing and interweaving stories focalized through different generational perspectives to demonstrate intergenerational solidarity.Item [Book review] From colonial to modern: Transnational girlhood in Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand children's literature, 1840-1940(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019) Doughty, TerriReview of the book "From colonial to modern: Transnational girlhood in Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand children's literature, 1840-1940" by Michelle J. Smith, Kristine Moruzi, and Clare Bradford (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018).Item Selections from The Girl's Own Paper, 1880-1907(Broadview Press, 2004) Doughty, TerriThe Girl’s Own Paper, founded in 1880, both shaped and reflected tensions between traditional domestic ideologies of the period and New Woman values in the context of the figure of the New Girl. These selections from the journal demonstrate the efforts of its publisher (the Religious Tract Society) to combat the negative moral influence of sensational popular literature while at the same time addressing the desires of its audience for exciting reading material and information about topics mothers could not or would not discuss. Selected fiction gives a rich sense of the conventions and the domestic ideology of the time; the nonfiction prose ranges from essays on conduct and household management to articles on new opportunities in education and work.Item Locating Harry Potter in the "boys book" market(University of Missouri Press, 2002) Doughty, TerriThe Harry Potter series' appeal for adolescent boys, not customarily a strong presence in the reading market, is explored within a cultural framework.