Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.
Title:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.
Author:
Carroll, Lewis.
ISBN:
9780191571299
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (610 pages)
Series:
Oxford World's Classics
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of C. L. Dodgson/'Lewis Carroll' -- ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND -- Prefatory Poem -- Preface to the Seventy-ninth Thousand (1886) -- Preface to the Eighty-sixth Thousand (1896) -- Contents -- I. DOWN THE RABBIT-HOLE -- II. THE POOL OF TEARS -- III. A CAUCUS-RACE AND A LONG TALE -- IV. THE RABBIT SENDS IN A LITTLE BILL -- V. ADVICE FROM A CATERPILLAR -- VI. PIG AND PEPPER -- VII. A MAD TEA-PARTY -- VIII. THE QUEEN'S CROQUET-GROUND -- IX. THE MOCK TURTLE'S STORY -- X. THE LOBSTER-QUADRILLE -- XI. WHO STOLE THE TARTS? -- XII. ALICE'S EVIDENCE -- THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS -- Chess Problem -- Dramatis Personæ -- Prefatory Poem -- Advertisement [for the 'Sixtieth Thousand'] (1893) -- Preface to the Sixty-first Thousand (1896) -- Contents -- I. LOOKING-GLASS HOuSE -- II. THE GARDEN OF LIVE FLOWERS -- III. LOOKING-GLASS INSECTS -- IV. TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE -- V. WOOL AND WATER -- VI. HUMPTY DUMPTY -- VII. THE LION AND THE UNICORN -- VIII. 'IT'S MY OWN INVENTION' -- IX. QUEEN ALICE -- X. SHAKING -- XI. WAKING -- XII. WHICH DREAMED IT? -- Christmas-Greetings [from a Fairy to a Child] -- To all Child-Readers of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' -- An Easter Greeting to Every Child who Loves 'Alice' -- Appendix: 'The Wasp in a Wig' -- Explanatory Notes -- Footnotes.
Abstract:
But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat. 'We're all mad here.'The 'Alice' books are two of the most translated, most quoted, and best-known books in the world, but what exactly are they? Apparently delightful, innocent fantasies for children, they are also complex textures of mathematical, linguistic, and philosophical jokes. Alice's encounters with the White Rabbit, the Cheshire-Cat, the King and Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter, Tweedledum and Tweedledee and many other extraordinary characters have made them masterpieces of carefree nonsense, yet theyalso appeal to adults on a quite different level. Layers of satire, allusion, and symbolism about Victorian culture and politics, as well as revelations about the intricate subconscious problems of their author, add to their fascination and make them impossible to classify. This new edition explores the phenomenal range of reference, and the paradoxical appeal of two of the most inventive books in world literature. It also includes an episode removed by Carroll from the proofs of Through the Looking-Glass, called 'The Wasp in a Wig'.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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