Aspects of Alice: Lewis Carroll's dream child as seen through the critics' looking-glasses, 1865-1971

by Robert (ed) PHILLIPS

Aspects of Lewis Carroll's dream child as seen through the critics' looking-glasses, 1865-1971

Genres: Nonfiction, Essays

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1971

Reviews

[Goetz Kluge]

Admittedly, I didn't read the whole book. I was mainly interested in Sir Shane Leslie's "Lewis Carroll and the Oxford Movement" (London Mercury 28, 233-39. RPT in Phillips). He (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Leslie) sees many of relations between that religious struggle (which originated in Oxford in c. 1832) and the Alice books. Shane's article (p. 257-266) is highly speculative. But who am I to criticize that? My own guesses (www.snrk.de) about textual and pictorial allusions (to religious disputes, to Charles Darwin etc.) in Lewis Carroll's and Henry Holiday's "The Hunting of the Snark" are not much better.

Interestingly, Leslie wrote that Carroll's "Easter Greeting" (www.snrk.de/snarkhunt/#easter) was added to the 1876 edition of "Alice in Wonderland". In the notes (p. 493), the editor Robert Philips correctly points out that the "Easter Greeting" was added to "The Hunting of the Snark" (1876).

I also will read the other articles in teh book and hope to learn more about what has inspired Carroll's writings.

[Bernie4444 · Rating 5 out of 5]

The title says it all

There are dozens of Alice versions. Many are accompanied by Critics' opinions or views. But they cannot all fit into a book and maintain a practical mass. Here is the mass left out; it is not to be overlooked.

The nine major sections are:
Personal and Biographical
As Victorian and Children's Literature
Comparisons with other Writers
Philosophical and Others
Church and Chess
Language, Parody, and Satire
Freudian Interpretations
Jungian and Mythic
Psychedelic

There is also information on the authors so we know from whom we are reading.

[Catherine Siemann · Rating 3 out of 5]

An absolutely fascinating collection of litcrit of Lewis Carroll's best-known work. Most of the critics seem to have the teller firmly entangled with his tale, and the mid-20th century psychoanalytic crit seems self-parodic, but it's a fascinating journey, nonetheless.

[☆.*:｡lauren｡:*.☆ · Rating 4 out of 5]

some of the perspectives were clearly dated, but overall a good analysis of victorian childhood from what i can tell

[Bernie4444 · Rating 5 out of 5]

The title says it all.

There are dozens of Alice versions. Many are accompanied by Critics' opinions or views. But they cannot all fit into a book and maintain a practical mass. Here is the mass left out; it is not to be overlooked.

The nine major sections are:
Personal and Biographical
As Victorian and Children's Literature
Comparisons with other Writers
Philosophical and Others
Church and Chess
Language, Parody, and Satire
Freudian Interpretations
Jungian and Mythic
Psychedelic

There is also information on the authors, so we know from whom we are reading.

[Joann · Rating 2 out of 5]

A collection of critical essays and poetry to poke around in from time to time