Title Alice's adventures in Wonderland and Through the looking glass : nonsense, sense, and meaning / Donald Rackin

Published New York : Twayne Publishers ; [1991] New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, [1991] ©1991

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 179 pages) : illustrations Series Gale virtual reference library Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 81 Gale virtual reference library. Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 81 Contents A reading : Alice's adventures in Wonderland : an underground journey to the end of night -- Through the looking-glass : Alice becomes an I -- Blessed rage : the Alices and the modern quest for order -- Laughing and grief : what's so funny about the Alices? -- "And here I must leave you" : death, love, and the White Knight's farewell Literary and historical context : The Alice books and Lewis Carroll's world -- The importance of the Alice books and the search for their meaning -- Critical reception of the Alice books Summary Examines how the Alice books address issues that concerned mid-Victorians on the brink of the modern era Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-173) and index Notes Print version record Subject Alice (Fictitious character from Carroll) Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Alice's adventures in Wonderland. Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Through the looking-glass. Alice (Fictitious character from Carroll) Carroll, Lewis (1832-1898). Alice in wonderland. Carroll, Lewis (1832-1898). Through the looking-glass. Carroll, Lewis, (1832-1898) Carroll, Lewis. SUBJECT Alice's Adventures in Wonderland gnd Alice's adventures in Wonderland (Carroll, Lewis) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01356213 Through the looking-glass (Carroll, Lewis) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01359689 Through the looking-glass and what Alice found there. swd Subject Children in literature. Children -- Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Children's stories, English -- History and criticism. Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism. Meaning (Philosophy) in literature. Nonsense literature, English -- History and criticism Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Carroll) Through the Looking-Glass (Carroll) Children in literature. Children -- Books and reading. Children's stories, English. Fantasy fiction, English. Meaning (Philosophy) in literature. Nonsense literature, English. Great Britain. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Form Electronic book ISBN 080571734X 9780805717341

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