书目

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass：AND Through the Looking Glass (Penguin Classics)

内容简介

'Ihadsentmyheroinestraightdownarabbit-hole...withouttheleastideawhatwastohappenafterwards,'wroteCharlesDodgson,describinghowAlicewasconjuredupone'goldenafternoon'in1862toentertainhischild-friendAliceLiddell.HisdreamworldsofnonsensicalWonderlandandtheback-to-frontLooking-Glasskingdomdepictorderturnedupside-down:ababyturnsintoapig,timeisabandonedatadisorderedtea-partyandachaoticgameofchessmakesaseven-year-oldgirlaQueen.Butamongsttheanarchichumourandsparklingwordplay,puzzles,paradoxesandriddles,arepoignantmomentsofelegiacnostalgiaforlostchildhood.Startlinglyoriginalandexperimental,theAlicebooksprovidereaderswithadoublewindowonbothchildandadultworlds.ThisisthemostcomprehensivelyannotatededitionavailableandincludesthemanuscriptversionofAlice'sAdventuresUndergroundandCarroll'sessay'"Alice"ontheStage'writtenfortheunderGroundTheatrein1887.

作者简介

CharlesLutwidgeDodgson,knownbyhispenname,LewisCarroll,wasamanofdiverseinterests-inmathematics,logic,photgraphy,art,theater,religion,medicine,andscience.Hewashappiestinthecompanyofchildrenforwhomhecreatedpuzzles,clevergames,andcharmingletters.AsallCarrolladmirersknow,hisbookAlice'sAdventuresinWonderland(1865),becameanimmediatesuccessandhassincebeentranslatedintomorethaneightylanguages.TheequallypopularsequelThroughtheLooking-GlassandWhatAliceFoundThere,waspublishedin1872.TheAlicebooksarebutoneexampleofhiswiderangingauthorship.TheHuntingoftheSnark,aclassicnonsenseepic(1876)andEuclidandHisModernRivals,arareexampleofhumorousworkconcerningmathematics,stillenticeandintriguetoday'sstudents.SylvieandBruno,publishedtowardtheendofhislifecontainsstartlingideasincludingan1889descriptionofweightlessness.Thehumor,sparklingwitandgeniusofthisVictorianEnglishmanhavelastedformorethanacentury.HisbooksareamongthemostquotedworksintheEnglishlanguage,andhisinfluence(withthatofhisillustrator,SirJohnTenniel)canbeseeneverywhere,fromtheworldofadvertisingtothatofatomicphysics.

HughHaughtonisaseniorlecturerattheUniversityofYork.HeeditedLewisCarroll'sAlice'sAdventuresinWonderlandandThroughtheLooking-GlassforPenguinClassics.

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