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SUMMARY:Land Under Wave: Reading the Landscapes of Tiffany Aching - Jane S
 uzanne Carroll\, University of Roehampton
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:Drawing on topoanalysis and landscape history\, this paper off
 ers an introduction to the methods of reading imagined landscapes and will
  demonstrate the applications and possibilities of these methods through a
 n analysis of the landscapes of Terry Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching books. 
 \nIn the four Tiffany Aching books\, The Wee Free Men (2003)\, A Hat Full 
 of Sky (2004)\, Wintersmith (2006)\, I Shall Wear Midnight (2010)\, Pratch
 ett’s landscapes reach their climax.  In these texts landscape is presen
 ted as having power and agency.  It is deep and complex\, historical as we
 ll as topographical\, comprised of memory and folklore just as much as lay
 ers of rock and soil.  Whereas human interactions with landscape are often
  presented by Pratchett as difficult negotiations\, these narratives centr
 e on the close\, almost symbiotic\, relationship between Tiffany and the D
 owns. Her close affinity with the landscape is evident in her name\, in he
 r appearance\, and within her own mindscapes and private memories.   This 
 paper aims to explore the relationship between the child character and her
  environment\, focusing on the representations of domestic spaces and gree
 n spaces in the four Tiffany Aching books.\n\n*Biography*\n\n*Jane Suzanne
  Carroll* lectures in English Literature at the University of Roehampton. 
 Her teaching and research interests centre on children’s literature and 
 role of landscape in fiction.  She has published a monograph Landscape in 
 Children's Literature (Routledge\, 2012) as well as articles on Susan Coop
 er\, M.R. James\, Terry Pratchett\, J.R.R. Tolkien\, Jules Verne\, twentie
 th-century ghost stories\, and children's fantasy.   She is currently work
 ing on a new project on the material culture of domestic fantasy.  \n
LOCATION: MAB 117\, Mary Allan Building\, Homerton College\, Hills Road\, 
 Cambridge CB2 8PQ
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