What would be the ten best - or the ten worst - theories about the 'meaning' of the Alice books? Do they have meaning? Or is the meaning that they have no...
Hi, My own conviction is that there is absolutely no moral in the Alice books, and this explains partly its success. But people like seeking morals. Last year,...
Hi Mike - yes - I believe that they have meaning, but that the meaning must be sought after by the reader. My theory, as you know by now, is that Carroll used...
... Worst: That it's a coded mathematical treatise? That it's a collection of anagrams revealing that Carroll is Jack the Ripper? That it's a disguised secret...
... Abraham Ettleson, in "Lewis Carroll's 'Through the Looking Glass' Decoded", helpfully explains that TTLG is a story about the history of Judaism. And...
Kate has a point. Any "meaning" will be determined by the reader. By definition, the approach is unique and indivividual. The meaning of and to the Alice ...
For the answer to this lot take a listen to the Beatles GLASS ONION ... On 10/4/05, BRYAN TALBOT <bryan.talbot@...> ... Jack ... Carroll ... Abraham...
Whilst the meaning of any piece of writing is ultimately determined by the reader's interpretation of it, there are clues in any piece of writing as to its...
You'll need to define what you mean by the original edition. The keen collectors know every little difference in the editions - you need someone such as Selwyn...
... thanks. but i'm not _that_ particular. any full scan-set of any pre-1923 "original edition" -- original printing or facsimile -- will do just fine... ...
Hello, As you probably know I'm new to this group. I am in the middle of translating Phantasmagoria to my language, and would like to know if there is a site...
I agree about Wallace's 'homosexual Jack the Ripper' theory. It would probably get my vote as the worst ever attempt to decode 'Alice'(though to be exact he...
Scientifically speaking, one thing I can think of is that all good theories should be falsifiable. In other words, to the question "is it possible to prove ...
... As you observe, Alice's Adventures Underground was more or less extemporised, and Carroll said in Alice on the Stage (1884 or something like that) that the...
My take on it is that I am quite prepared to accept a de-coding as long as it can be proved. People have mocked this idea of 'proof' but I'm not talking here...
Hi all, I'm also a new member, and am hoping for your help. I'm working on an article about Alice-in-Wonderland inspired places in New York City for Time Out...
There are major Carroll collections at the NYPL main branch, NYU, and the Pierpont Motgan Library and Museum. The Lewis Carroll Society of North America...
Allison, I teach at the Dalton School in NYC and have been doing an Alice unit for many years with my 4th graders. I have a website (The Many Faces of Alice...
Alice collectors may be interested to hear that Udo Pasterny and I have completed at last - after years of collecting, months of thinking, planning and...
Dear Alise Thank you for the letter and nice picks.There was a list of LC collectors in the Internet with there e-mails. I sent your info to Rod Behenna...
Dear LCS Member The winning entries in the 'jabberwocky' poem competition are in the current (8 Oct) issue of The Spectator. Also ... if you leave near London...
Hi - I am new to this group and have enjoyed reading some of the discussions. Some of you may be interested to know about a Lewis Carroll project about to take...
Hi Gillian - I'm in New Zealand and in the throes of completing a book on the Hunting of the Snark. I'd be very interested in talking with you. Best, Kate Lyon...
I am normally in "lurk" mode, but could not resist passing on the name of the maid of honor in this wedding featured in last Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer. ...
I don't know if this counts but Alice Hargreaves stayed at the Waldorf-Astoria when she visited NYC in 1932. She received her honourary doctorate in the...
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Thanks Danya, I didn't know where Alice visited when she stayed! Allison Devers andevers@... 917-582-9055 <BLOCKQUOTE style='PADDING-LEFT: 5px;...
I bought a French edition of _Alice au pays des merveilles_ about two years ago. A small sticker next to the price says "Illustrated by Mario Prassinos", as if...
