Dear Jenny, You say that LC's family were all but religious fanatics. Do you mean that they were fanatics by 21st century standards or by the standards of...
... mean that they were fanatics by 21st century standards or by the standards of their own age? Did other people regard them as fanatics at the time? I...
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE LAST WEEK OF WONDERLAND! The Alice in Wonderland Puppet Festival WEEK THREE CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER: "Designer/director Gretchen Van Lente...
I've recently been reviewing several of Carroll's biographies. One thing has struck me rathwer forcefully. Clearly biographers between them have used a good...
It's ages since anyone posted here. Is anyone going to the LCS meeting on Friday? It's about Carroll and his mathematical puzzles, 7 pm at University College...
Lewis Carol was of course, one of the very early pioneers of photography and in the early days photography was often termed as "the black arts " this was...
Hello, I am new to this group, and I wish very much that I could join as well, however I too am to far away. It is great to find others who are interested in...
Hi, I will unfortunately not attend that meeting. Can I however highly recommend it to the members of this list in the London area? I've already heard Robin...
Thanks for that Amirouche! Being based in London and NOT being able to attend, that wonderful endorsement makes me feel really good. Never mind, I just hope...
John, I would suggest that you could not answer the question because CLD did not have a consistent philosophy. Obviously to him what he was doing made sense at...
If CLD poses such an enigma then is LC is our only recourse, logically? Perhaps we should take LC at his word when he remarked (of the Snark) that he had no...
CLD is an enigma but if he wasn't then he could be taken at his word but since he is then he cannot. Many people, including Kate Lyon, with whom I debated...
I guess it's safe to say that CLD was neither particularly happy nor unhappy, by the same token, I will venture an unscientific and purely instinctual guess...
I guess CLD was like the rest of us - he had his ups and downs. His major anxiety exampled in the diaries was in the period when he was appealing to god to...
Why would wanting to be a better person be an example of religious bigotry? A J Clarke ... From: Keith To: lewiscarroll@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday,...
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When did Lewis Carroll claim that S & B was "his masterpiece"? J ... From: Keith <keith@...> To: lewiscarroll@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
before the list gets too distracted by the scent of blood, I would like to return to my original topic. This was could someone recommend anyone who is writing...
John, the questions students should be asking are rhetorical ones - such as 'why did LC stay at Ch. Ch. when he could have built a career as a writer outside...
Hi, I think it is quite difficult to say that Lewis Carroll was a philosopher. Of course, he surely was a "thinker" as were for instance Saint-Exupéry or...
OK Keith, Here goes. You do have a talent for raising pertinent questions! You probably would have guessed that I disagree with you. I believe that such...
Hi Amirouche, I'm not sure I dwecribed Lewis Carroll as 'A Philosopher', reserving that title for those who either practise the disciplines of philosophy...
John, we try to answer such questions because each time we do, even if we fail, we learn something. In CLD's case he is particularly elusive because he doesn't...
dear all, well i studied philosophy at leeds uni, no2 in the country for philosophy (after oxford of course), and that means pretty high up in the world for...
Keith, your well informed comments are spot on. Carroll was an enigmatic one-off, and in a way it's hard to add to that. However, I always feel I learn a lot...
Jenny, with Lewis Carroll he has not been served well by his biographers. Collingwood did his best under the circumstances of having six of CLD's sisters...
Keith, I wholeheartedly agree. Part of the problem with Carroll biographies, of course, was that period immediately following WWII when not only were the...
Keith, I wholeheartedly agree. Part of the problem with Carroll biographies, of course, was that period immediately following WWII when not only were the...
John, I cannot agree upon your assessment of Maurice as a conservative in the 19c sense. Maurice was associated with William Morris who was a socialist almost...
... You continue to have this inordinate capacity to amaze and astound. I entirely agree with you that Dr Anne Thwaite is by far one of the most accomplished...
