Category Archives: Lewis Carroll

Edward Lear's Nervous Family

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Marco Graziosi

Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library has scans of a few of their Edward Lear manuscripts online; the small collection includes self-caricatures taken from letters and original cartoons for the Nonsense Botanies, but also the full manuscript of … Continue reading →

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The Explorigator

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Marco Graziosi

Rush to Barnacle Press to enjoy the full run of The Explorigator, one of the most original, and nonsensical, comics of all times and meet a crew on a par with the one that set out to hunt the Snark.

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Nonsense Poetry in Schools

Posted on December 10, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

A controversy seems to have been raised by the Ofsted report on poetry in schools, which maintains that British pupils are not prepared to appreciate classic poetry because of a focus on a few poems, which are considered not “genuinely … Continue reading →

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Animation Backgrounds for Alice in Wonderland

Posted on November 2, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Rob Richards at Animation Backgrounds has reconstructed the environment in which Disney’s 1951 animated Alice in Wonderland is set. Thanks to Michael Sporn.

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The Poems in Alice in Wonderland

Posted on October 28, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

I have added Florence Milner’s old essay on “The Poems in Alice in Wonderland“ (The Bookman, XVIII, September 1903, pp. 13-6) to the nonsenselit.org bookshelf.

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More on Alice by Unsuk Chin

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

The International Herald Tribune has a review of Unsuk Chin’s adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice which reveals problems with Achim Freyer’s staging: One might have deemed the book universally known, but it apparently escaped Freyer’s upbringing in East Germany. He … Continue reading →

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Alice in Wonderland by Unsuk Chin

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Korean composer Unsuk Chin‘s opera based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland was premiered on 30 June at the Munich festival and has been favourably reviewed in the Guardian and the Los Angeles Times. More information, including a photogallery and … Continue reading →

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Lewis Carroll on Edward Lear

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

I mentioned in a previous post that Edward Lear’s copy of Alice in Wonderland is now in the USA, that he discussed the book with Fortescue (though we do not know what he thought of it), and that his circle … Continue reading →

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Alice Illustrators at the Hornseys

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

A major contemporary art exhibition inspired by Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’ books entitled ‘Alice’s Wonderland’ is opening at “the gallery — Hornseys” on 14 April. Also on display “fine printers proofs from the original Sir John Tenniel wood blocks, as well … Continue reading →

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Lewis Carroll and His Telescoping Determinants

Posted on March 20, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

If you are interested in C.L. Dodgson’s mathematical works, you can read this article on the website of the Mathematical Association of America, which lists and links to several other essays on Carroll’s method for evaluating determinants.

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