Category Archives: Lewis Carroll

Carroll birthplace put in trust's care

Posted on November 22, 2003 by Marco Graziosi

Carroll birthplace put in trust’s care THE Cheshire birthplace of one of England’s finest authors and academics has been handed over to the protection of the National Trust.Lewis Carroll was born and raised at Daresbury Parsonage, which lies in a … Continue reading →

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Carroll's photos hint at deeper childhood wonderland

Posted on November 22, 2003 by Marco Graziosi

Carroll’s photos hint at deeper childhood wonderland Lewis Carroll is best known as the author of the Alice in Wonderland books, but the shy, stammering Oxford mathematics professor, whose real name was Charles Dodgson, was as much an accomplished photographer … Continue reading →

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Nailing Spike

Posted on October 17, 2003 by Marco Graziosi

Nailing Spike [Milligan] The combination of Spike, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine, with help from deep-dish subversives emerging from their cocoons in the BBC, created an explosion of verbal anarchy that nevertheless flowed from a tradition, combining music … Continue reading →

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Anyone for Tennyson?

Posted on October 17, 2003 by Marco Graziosi

Anyone for Tennyson? The Queen’s residence at Osbourne helped make the Isle of Wight fashionable among the cream of Victorian society: Charles Darwin, William Makepeace Thackeray, C. F. Watts and Julia Margaret Cameron, among others, all moved to Freshwater.Of these, … Continue reading →

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Photos found in cathedral could be by Alice author

Posted on May 14, 2003 by Marco Graziosi

Photos found in cathedral could be by Alice author UNSMILING portraits of Victorian clergymen found in Ripon Cathedral appeared to offer little excitement.But with them was a note written 20 years ago suggesting the photographs could have been taken by … Continue reading →

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Queen of hearts and minds

Posted on December 14, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

Queen of hearts and minds The fascination with Lewis Carroll’s Alice books endures because of their use of language, writes AS Byatt, and because he created the least sentimental child character in children’s literature Guardian Unlimited Books | Review

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Carroll's Artistry and Our Obsessions

Posted on August 16, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

Carroll’s Artistry and Our Obsessions THE man who wrote “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking-Glass” was an equally brilliant photographer. But in modern times Lewis Carroll’s achievements have been overshadowed by the widely held conviction that his primary … Continue reading →

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In the eye of the beholder

Posted on August 16, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

In the eye of the beholder / Lewis Carroll photography show raises difficult aesthetic questions The exhibition asks us to set aside cultural reference points such as the paintings of Balthus (1908-2001), Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita,” the photographs of Sally Mann … Continue reading →

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The Eden of Dreams and the Nonsense Land

Posted on March 29, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

Mirva Saukkola: The Eden of Dreams and the Nonsense Land Subtitled “Characteristics of the British Golden Age Children’s Fiction in the Finnish Children’s Fantasy Literature of the 1950s”, this academic dissertation (May 2001, University of Helsinki, Institute for Art Research, … Continue reading →

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Introduction to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Posted on March 7, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

Introduction to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland By Will SelfBloomsburyMagazine.com – Ezine

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