Alice in space : the sideways Victorian world of Lewis Carroll
Beer, Gillian2016
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In 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking-Glass', Lewis Carroll created fantastic worlds that continue to delight and trouble readers of all ages today. Few consider, however, that Carroll conceived his Alice books during the 1860s, a moment of intense intellectual upheaval, as new scientific, linguistic, educational, and mathematical ideas flourished around him and far beyond. 'Alice in Space' reveals the contexts within which the Alice books first lived, bringing back the zest to jokes lost over time and poignancy to hidden references. Gillian Beer explores Carroll's work through the speculative gaze of Alice, for whom no authority is unquestioned and everything can speak.
Main title:
Alice in space : the sideways Victorian world of Lewis Carroll / Gillian Beer.
Author:
Beer, Gillian, author
Imprint:
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Collation:
240 pages ; 23 cm
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780226041506 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.8
Language:
English
BRN:
2223349