Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

Author(s): Lewis Carroll

Classics

'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked. 'Oh, you ca'n'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 they also 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'.

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OUP's edition makes a decent fist of contextualising and explaining a book that appeals to adults and children. - Colin Waters, Sunday Herald

General Fields

  • : 9780199558292
  • : Oxford University Press
  • : August 2009
  • : 196mm X 129mm X 20mm
  • : September 2009
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Lewis Carroll
  • : Paperback
  • : Sir John Tenniel
  • : English
  • : near fine
  • : 352
  • : Classic fiction
  • : integrated black and white illustrations by Sir John Tenniel