| Record Number |
738652 |
| ISBN |
9781846558627 (paperback) |
| 184655862X (paperback) |
| Author |
Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert author. |
| Title |
The story of Alice : Lewis Carroll and the secret history of Wonderland / Robert Douglas-Fairhurst. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Harvill Secker, an imprint of Vintage, 2015. |
| ©2015. |
| Pagination etc. |
448 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary Note |
Wonderland is part of our cultural heritage - a shortcut for all that is beautiful and confusing; a metaphor used by artists, writers and politicians for 150 years. But beneath the fairy tale lies the complex history of the author and his subject: of Charles Dodgson, the quiet academic, and his second self, Lewis Carroll - storyteller, innovator and avid collector of 'child-friends'. And of his 'dream-child', Alice Liddell, and the fictional alter ego that would never let her grow up. This is their secret story: a history of love and loss, of innocence and ambiguity, and of one man's need to make Wonderland his refuge in a rapidly changing world. Drawing on previously unpublished material, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst traces the creation and influence of the Alice books against a shifting cultural landscape - the birth of photography, changing definitions of childhood and sexuality and the tensions inherent in the transition between the Victorian and modern worlds. |
| Subject - Name |
Carroll, Lewis, -- 1832-1898 |
| Hargreaves, Alice Pleasance Liddell, -- 1852-1934 |
| Alice(Fictitious character from Carroll) |
| Carroll, Lewis, -- 1832-1898. -- Alice's adventures in Wonderland |
| Carroll, Lewis, -- 1832-1898. -- Through the looking-glass |
| Subject |
Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography |
| Shelf Location |
823.8 CARR |
