| Description |
216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Play -- "Feeding the mind"and the joy of being a cause -- A tangled tale -- a book or a bun? -- Games -- Carroll's games -- Systems: geometry, logic, and language and the mental treasure of certainty -- The game of communication -- Game theory and Carroll: rational players, choice of universe, infinity, and how to stop once started? -- Two introductions to the Alices -- Carroll versus Wordsworth in the White Knight's song -- Three games and their tangled ends -- Alice's adventures in Wonderland -- Through the looking-glass and what Alice found there -- Sport -- Sylvie and Bruno and Sylvie and Bruno concluded -- Carroll and sport and The hunting of the Snark -- A Victorian gospel of amusement? |
| Summary |
"Ms. Blake views the whole of Carroll's imaginative writing in the light of play, through the card game, the croquet match, the chessboard, and the hunt ... Combining sound psychological insight and keen literary analysis, Ms. Blake offers a new ... approach to the writings of Lewis Carroll, while at the same time shedding light on the Victorian age"--Cover |
| Analysis |
Carroll, Lewis 1832-1898 Knowledge Sports |
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Fantasy literature, English History and criticism |
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Games in literature |
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Play in literature |
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Sports in literature |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 -- Knowledge -- Games
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Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 -- Knowledge -- Recreation
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Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 -- Knowledge -- Sports and recreation
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Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 -- Knowledge -- Sports
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Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
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Fantasy literature, English -- History and criticism.
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Games in literature.
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Play in literature.
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Sports in literature.
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| LC no. |
73021362 |
| ISBN |
0801408342 |
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