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The making of Lewis Carroll's Alice and the invention of Wonderland / Peter Hunt.

Title: The making of Lewis Carroll's Alice and the invention of Wonderland / Peter Hunt.
Author: Hunt, Peter, 1945-
Publication: Oxford : Bodleian Library, 2020.

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128 pages : illustrations (color and black and white); 21 cm

Summary

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking-Glass' are two of the most famous, translated and quoted books in the world. But how did a casual tale told by Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll), an eccentric Oxford mathematician, to Alice Liddell, daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, grow into such a phenomenon? Peter Hunt cuts away the psychological speculation that has grown up around the 'Alice' books, and traces the sources of their multi-layered in-jokes and political, literary and philosophical satire. He first places the books in the history of children's literature - how they relate to the other giants of the period, such as Charles Kingsley - and explores the local and personal references that the real Alice would have understood. Equally fascinating is the rich texture of fragments of everything from the 'sensation' novel to Darwinian theory - not to mention Dodgson's personal feelings - that he wove into the books as they developed. Richly illustrated with manuscripts, portraits, Sir John Tenniel's original line drawings and contemporary photographs, this is a fresh look at two remarkable stories, which takes us on a guided tour from the treacle wells of Victorian Oxford through an astonishing world of politics, philosophy, humour - and nightmare.

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Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Charles and Lewis: 'With a name like yours, you might be any shape, almost' -- Prelude: 'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?' -- 1. Two men and three girls in a boat -- 2. Before Alice -- 3. What Alice knew -- 4. Outside Charles Dodgson -- 5. Inside Charles Dodgson -- 6. From Oxford to the wide world -- Notes -- Further reading -- Picture credits -- Index.

ISBN

9781851245321
1851245324

LCCN

60002423364

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Columbia University Libraries