Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

作者 Lewis Carroll著
出版社 Random House US
出版时间 1984年5月第1版
ISBN 9780553213454
定价 20.00

内容简介

In1862CharlesLutwidgeDodgson,ashyOxfordmathematicianwithastammer,createdastoryaboutalittlegirltumblingdownarabbithole.ThusbegantheimmortaladventuresofAlice,perhapsthemostpopularheroineinEnglishliterature.CountlessscholarshavetriedtodefinethecharmoftheAlicebooks–withthosewonderfullyeccentriccharacterstheQueenofHearts,Tweedledum,andTweedledee,theCheshireCat,MockTurtle,theMadHatteretal.–byproclaimingthattheyreallycompriseasatireonlanguage,apoliticalallegory,aparodyofVictorianchildren'sliterature,evenareflectionofcontemporaryecclesiasticalhistory.Perhaps,asDodgsonmighthavesaid,Aliceisnomorethanadream,afairytaleaboutthetrialsandtribulationsofgrowingup–ordown,orallturnedround–asseenthroughtheexperteyesofachild.

作者简介

"LewisCarroll,"creatorofthebrilliantlywittyAlice'sAdventuresinWonderland,wasapseudonymforCharlesLutwidgeDodgson,ashyOxforddonwithastammer.HewasbornatDaresbury,CheshireonJanuary27,1832,sonofavicar.Astheeldestboyamongelevenchildren,helearnedearlytoamusehissiblingsbywritingandeditingfamilymagazines.HewaseducatedatChristChurchCollege,Oxford,wherehelecturedinmathematicsfrom1855to1881.In1861hewasordainedasadeacon.Dodgson'sentryintotheworldoffictionwasaccidental.Ithappenedone"goldenafternoon"asheescortedhiscolleague'sthreedaughtersonatripuptheriverIsis.Thereheinventedthestorythatmighthavebeenforgottenifnotforthepersistenceoftheyoungestgirl,AliceLiddell.Thankstoher,andtoherencouragingfriends,Alicewaspublishedin1865,withdrawingsbythepoliticalcartoonist,JohnTenniel.AfterAlice,DodgsonwrotePhantasmagoriaandOtherPoems(1869),ThroughtheLooking-Glass(1871),TheHuntingofShark(1876,andRhyme?andReason?(1883).AsamathematicianDodgsonisbestknownforEuclidandHisModernRivals(1879).Hewasalsoasuperbchildren'sphotographer,whocapturedthedelicate,sensuousbeautyofsuchlittlegirlsasAliceLiddellandEllenTerry,thefutureactress.W.H.Audencalledhim"oneofthebestportraitphotographerofthecentury."Dodgsonwasalsoaninventor;hisprojectsincludedagameofarithmeticcroquet,asubstituteforglue,andanapparatusformakingnotesinthedark.Thoughhesoughtpublicationforhislightverse,heneverdreamedhistruegift–tellingstoriestochildren–meritedpublicationorlastingfame,andheavoidedpublicityscrupulouslyCharlesDodgsondiedin1898ofinfluenza.