Animals Are Us: Anthropomorphism in Children’s Literature; Celebrating the Peter J. Solomon Collection
Why do we tell stories to children through and about animals? Are there reasons why we shouldn’t? Animals Are Us invites explores these questions and more through influential historic examples of anthropomorphism in dialogue with contemporary books drawn from the collection of Peter J. Solomon (Harvard College Class of 1960, MBA 1963) and the holdings of Houghton Library. The exhibition invites you to engage critically with animal anthropomorphism, and delight in the artfulness of this enduring literary genre. Catalog of an exhibition on view at Houghton Library, Harvard University, September 1, 2021 - January 7, 2022.
Why do we tell stories to children through and about animals? Are there reasons why we shouldn’t? Animals Are Us invites explores these questions and more through influential historic examples of anthropomorphism in dialogue with contemporary books drawn from the collection of Peter J. Solomon (Harvard College Class of 1960, MBA 1963) and the holdings of Houghton Library. The exhibition invites you to engage critically with animal anthropomorphism, and delight in the artfulness of this enduring literary genre.
Catalog of an exhibition on view at Houghton Library, Harvard University, September 1, 2021 - January 7, 2022.
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Lewis Carroll [Charles Dodgson] (British, 1832–1898, author)<br />
Robert Sabuda (American, born 1965, paper eng<strong>in</strong>eer and<br />
illustrator)<br />
Alice’s Adventures <strong>in</strong> Wonderland<br />
New York: Little Simon, 2003<br />
26 x 22 cm<br />
Houghton Library, Typ 2070.03.7636<br />
Gift of W. H. Bond, 2004<br />
Robert Sabuda’s vulnerable, <strong>in</strong>tricately constructed pop-up books<br />
are <strong>in</strong>tended more for adults than children. Sabuda credits <strong>the</strong><br />
volvelle, one of <strong>the</strong> earliest known paper formats with movable parts,<br />
and C<strong>in</strong>derella by <strong>the</strong> Czech artist Wojtech Kustaba as formative<br />
<strong>in</strong>fluences. Like his o<strong>the</strong>r adaptations, notably The Wonderful<br />
Wizard of Oz, Sabuda’s Alice is a tour de force. By br<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g Tenniel’s<br />
illustrations <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> third dimension, he re<strong>in</strong>forces <strong>the</strong>ir sense of life,<br />
mak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> anthropomorphic aspect even more conv<strong>in</strong>c<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
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