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From: Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis[(essay date spring 2001) In the following essay, Ashbourne examines the semiotic implications of the Cheshire Cat in the Alice stories.] On January 14, 1898, Charles Dodgson, a.k.a. Lewis Carroll, died at the age of...
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From: Thalia[(essay date 1980) In the following essay, Higbie argues that, because Carroll’s “Alice” books and The Hunting of the Snark are not realistic, they can be read symbolically, and one possible allegorical interpretation...
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From: Jabberwocky--The Journal of the Lewis Carroll Society[(essay date winter-spring 1989) In the following essay, Susina argues that Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is intended as a less overt presentation of proper values for children, rather than simply...
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From: The Bookman[(essay date 1932) In the following excerpt, Partington discusses collecting the major works of Carroll, noting that his letters and manuscripts are far more collectible than his mathematical writings. ] The centenary...
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From: The Collected Verse of Lewis Carroll[(essay date 1929) In the following essay, McDermott places Carroll’s poetry within its biographical context and ties his work to his interest in logic. McDermott suggests that Carroll’s poems are filled with parody and...
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From: The SpectatorWhat a loss the world had when Lewis Carroll took to writing sense! That is a reflection which must have been made a hundred times by all persons capable of forming an opinion on the subject. The author of Alice in...
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From: The Dalhousie Review[(essay date 1941) In the following essay, Burpee discusses how often Carroll is quoted compared to the Bible and William Shakespeare. ] “Nobody,” says Truth, “reads Alice in Wonderland to-day; it is too prosaic and...