Alternative Alices : visions and revisions of Lewis Carroll's Alice books : an anthology

Date:

©1997.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH A48 A45 1997 LOCAL

Publisher:

University Press of Kentucky

ISBN:

0813120284

Abstract:

Twenty stories by different authors giving an alternative picture of the heroine of Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Often less flattering than the original, they were written between 1869 and 1930.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 391 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

Spine stamped in white. LOCAL

Curator Notes:

UPof Ky, c 1997; anthology of excerpts (with examples of original illustrations) from 19th c. (and some early 20th c.) fantasies influenced by or parodying Carroll's; includes, among others, Speaking Likenesses (1874) by Christina Rossetti; Wanted--A King (1890) by Maggie Browne [Margaret Hamer Andrewes]; A New Alice in an Old Wonderland (1895) by Anna M. Richards; Justnowland (1912) by E. Nesbit; Ernest (1869) by Knatchbull-Hugessen; Down the Snow Stairs (1887) by Alice Corkran; The Wallypug of Why (1895) by Farrow; New Adventures of 'Alice' (1917) by John Rae; David Blaize and the Blue Door (1919) by E.F. Benson

Subjects:

Fantasy literature, English, Satire, English, Fantasy literature, English, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Satire, English, Rezeption gnd, and Parodie gnd

Genres/Forms:

Satire, English, Fantasy literature, English, Parodies (Literature), Parodies, imitations, etc, and Parodies (Literature) lcgft

Names:

Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 Parodies, imitations, etc, Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 Influence, Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898, and Carroll, Lewis. swd

Titles:

Alice's adventures in wonderland. swd