Alice Behind Wonderland
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| Autore: |
Winchester Simon
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| Titolo: |
Alice Behind Wonderland
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford University Press, USA, 2011 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (123 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 823/.8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Alice (Fictitious character from 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Social life and customs 19th century |
| Classificazione: | HIS015000LIT009000LIT000000 |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Alice Behind Wonderland |
| ISBN: | 0-19-975334-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812505103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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