Alices Abenteuer im Wunderland (Dover Dual Language German) - Softcover

Carroll, Lewis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486206688 ISBN 13: 9780486206684

Publisher: Dover Publications, 2012

Synopsis

Alices Abenteur im Wunderland (translated by Antonie Zimmermann) was the first translation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland to appear after the book's initial publication and success in 1865. Carroll himself supervised the production and printing of the German edition. His correspondence with Macmillan (his English publisher who conducted the negotiations with Leipzig) reveals how exacting he was over such matters as format, margins, picture placement, paper, binding, price, and even certain textual details. When the translation finally appeared in 1869, Carroll was immensely pleased with it and presented a specially bound copy to Princess Beatrix, the daughter of Queen Victoria.
The translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has always presented a special problem. The humor, popular children's verses, songs, and especially the puns were thought at first to make it untranslatable. The problem was solved by Antonie Zimmermann — with the hearty approval of Carroll — by substituting popular German children's verses and puns for the English originals. "How Doth the Little Crocodile?" for instance, is turned into a parody of a German Romantic ballad. All in all, this is still the best of the 15 or more German translations.

About this title

About the Author:

Lewis Carroll (1832–98) was the pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking Glass, are rich repositories of his sparkling gifts for wordplay, logic, and fantasy.

Language Notes:

Text: German, English (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0486206688
• ISBN 13: 9780486206684
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192