- Publisher: Bodleian
- Year: 2020
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 128pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 208x170mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.4kg
- ISBN: 9781851245321
- Product code: 542741
The Making of Lewis Carroll's Alice
and the Invention of Wonderland
Peter Hunt New Paperback Illustrated
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Peter Hunt presents a richly illustrated analysis of the beloved Alice books, contextualized within their era and the broader tradition of children's literature. Emphasizing the density of Carroll's prose – where nearly every sentence contains layers of satire, in-jokes, puzzles and tropes – he highlights elements that would have resonated with a child of the time and explores references to mid-Victorian life aimed at adult eyes.
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'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.
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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Peter Hunt presents a richly illustrated analysis of the beloved Alice books, contextualized within their era and the broader tradition of children's literature. Emphasizing the density of Carroll's prose – where nearly every sentence contains layers of satire, in-jokes, puzzles and tropes – he highlights elements that would have resonated with a child of the time and explores references to mid-Victorian life aimed at adult eyes.
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