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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791210803321

Autore

Winchester Simon

Titolo

Alice Behind Wonderland [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford University Press, USA, 2011

ISBN

0-19-975334-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (123 p.)

Classificazione

HIS015000LIT009000LIT000000

Disciplina

823/.8

Soggetti

Alice (Fictitious character : Carroll)

Carroll, Lewis, --1832-1898. --Alice''s adventures in Wonderland

Carroll, Lewis, --1832-1898. --Photograph collections

Children''s stories, English --History and criticism

Fantasy fiction, English --History and criticism

Great Britain --Social life and customs --19th century

Hargreaves, Alice Pleasance Liddell, --1852-1934

Fantasy fiction, English - History and criticism

Children's stories, English - History and criticism

English

Languages & Literatures

English Literature

Great Britain Social life and customs 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Chapter One: THE PHOTOGRAPH IN QUESTION; Chapter Two: THE PHOTOGRAPHER - TO - BE; Chapter Three: MATTERS ARISING; Chapter Four: THE RUDE MECHANICALS; Chapter Five: THE FIRST MAKINGS OF ART; Chapter Six: A PORTRAIT MOST PERFECT AND CHASTE; Chapter Seven: AND THEN THE GIRL BECAME A LADY; Acknowledgments; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

In the summer of 1858, in a garden behind Christ Church in Oxford, Charles Dodgson--better known by his pseudonym Lewis Carroll--dressed the six-year-old Alice Liddell in ragamuffin's clothes, and then snapped the camera's shutter. In The Alice Behind Wonderland, Simon



Winchester uses the famous photograph of Alice as the launching pad for an appreciative energetic and penetrating look at the inspiration behind, and the making of, one of the greatest classics of children's literature. Indeed, Winchester shows that Dodgson's love of photography deeply influenced his view of the world, helping t