The Alice Companion: Guide to Lewis Carroll's Alice Books - Hardcover

Jones, Jo Elwyn And J. Francis Gladstone.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333673492 ISBN 13: 9780333673492

Publisher: New York University Press, 1998

Synopsis

First edition. This alphabetical companion to the Alice books offers not simply an explanation of the characters and situations that fill their pages, but also a discussion of how they relate to the life and experiences of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll. As a guide to Wonderland, the book is designed to provide access to Alice in all her disguises - in film, on the stage, as seen by different illustrators and translators, and as interpreted in different countries. Foreword by Roy Porter as well as a biographical sketch of Carroll. With extensive bibliography, indexes of article titles and of names, and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. xii, 319+ 1 pages. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 8vo..

About this title

About the Author

Jo Elwyn Jones and J. Francis Gladstone both grew up reading Alice in the dark days of World War II. Experienced authors and documentary film-makers, their love for the Alice books has remained undiminished, and between them, they have spent over sixty years exploring the mysterious world of Alice's creator, Lewis Carroll.

Review

"The Alice Companion presents copious evidence, from firm facts to the slightest of suppositions, which might serve as skeleton keys for the reader eager to pick those cryptic works, revealing what is to be Found There."

-Roy Porter

Edition details

• Publisher: New York University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333673492
• ISBN 13: 9780333673492
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336