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by Lewis Carroll


  For Further Reading

  BOOKS BY LEWIS CARROLL

  Carroll, Lewis. Alice in Wonderland. Edited by Donald J. Gray. Second edition. New York: W. W. Norton, 1992. Includes Through the Looking-Glass and The Hunting of the Snark, as well as critical essays.

  Carroll, Lewis. Diversions and Digressions of Lewis Carroll. Edited by Stuart Dodgson Collingwood. New York: Dover, 1961. A selection from Lewis Carroll’s unpublished writings and drawings.

  Carroll, Lewis. Symbolic Logic and the Game of Logic. New York: Dover, 1958.

  BIOGRAPHICAL

  Gordon, Colin. Beyond the Looking-Glass: Reflections of Alice and her Family. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

  Cohen, Morton N. Lewis Carroll: A Biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.

  ——. Reflections in a Looking-Glass: A Centennial Celebration of Lewis Carroll, Photographer. New York: Aperture, 1998.

  Hudson, Derek. Lewis Carroll: An Illustrated Biography. London: Constable, 1976.

  Wood, James Playsted. The Snark Was a Boojum: A Life of Lewis Carroll. New York: Pantheon Books, 1966.

  CRITICISM

  Bloom, Harold, ed. Lewis Carroll. Modern Critical Views series. New York: Chelsea House, 1987.

  Gardner, Martin. The Annotated Alice. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1960.

  Gardner, Martin. More Annotated Alice. New York: Random House, 1990.

  Phillips, Robert. Aspects of Alice. New York: Vanguard Press, 1971.

  OTHER WORKS OF INTEREST

  Deleuze, Gilles. The Logic of Sense. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990.

  Sewell, Elizabeth. The Field of Nonsense. London: Chatto and Windus, 1952.

  a The Liddells had a cat named Dinah.

  b Screen that prevents ashes from spilling out of a fireplace.

  c Where is my cat? (French).

  d Private political meeting among party members.

  e Small building that resembles a greenhouse.

  f Alice Liddell’s birthday was the fourth of March.

  g A kind of molasses.

  h Mythical creature with an eagle’s head and wings and a lion’s body; also spelled “griffin.”

  i A common fish, often served in England with the tail tucked into the mouth.

  j Exactly one week from Wednesday.

  k Reference to the head of Queen Victoria, whose portrait appeared on postage stamps.

  l Dessert made with sugar, raisins, and boiled wheat.

  m A bandage.

  n Spinning top with numerals printed on its numerous flat surfaces.

  o Feathering is a manner of rowing in which the oar is kept horizontal on the return stroke.

  p Travel bag that, when opened, reveals two equal compartments.

  q Smelling salts.

  r Sugarloaf hats, which were cone-shaped, were common in the sixteenth century.

  s A hair dressing.

  t Small branches covered with bird lime; used to trap birds.

  u Carriages with two wheels, common around the turn of century; frequently

  hired out.

  v Located in Wales.

  w Curlers.

  x Fail to acknowledge someone’s greeting.

 

 

 


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