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The Resource The mystery of Lewis Carroll : discovering the whimsical, thoughtful and sometimes lonely man who created Alice in Wonderland, Jenny Woolf

The mystery of Lewis Carroll : discovering the whimsical, thoughtful and sometimes lonely man who created Alice in Wonderland, Jenny Woolf

Creator
Summary
A portrait of the author of "Alice in Wonderland" analyzes contradictory aspects of his character, tapping recently discovered sources to set Carroll's life in the context of Victorian England, and assesses his financial difficulties and his relationship with the real Alice
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
Extent
x, 326 pages
Contents
  • "My father and mother were honest though poor--" : family
  • "You can do arithmetic, I trust?" : Oxford life
  • "Nose in the middle, mouth under" : the human body
  • "This strange wild man from other lands" : love and sex
  • "Children are three-fourths of my life" : children
  • "Child of the pure unclouded brow" : Alice
  • "That awful mystery" : religion and the supernatural
  • "And would you be a poet?" : literature and storytelling
  • "--took the camera of rosewood" : photography
  • "He offered large discount, he offered a cheque" : money
  • Appendix. Report of Dr Yvonne Hart on Carroll's neurological symptoms
Isbn
9780312673710
Instance
Label
The mystery of Lewis Carroll : discovering the whimsical, thoughtful and sometimes lonely man who created Alice in Wonderland
Title
The mystery of Lewis Carroll
Title remainder
discovering the whimsical, thoughtful and sometimes lonely man who created Alice in Wonderland
Statement of responsibility
Jenny Woolf
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
A portrait of the author of "Alice in Wonderland" analyzes contradictory aspects of his character, tapping recently discovered sources to set Carroll's life in the context of Victorian England, and assesses his financial difficulties and his relationship with the real Alice
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
BTCTA
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Woolf, Jenny
Dewey number
  • 828/.809
  • B
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
PR4612
LC item number
.W66 2011
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Carroll, Lewis
  • Carroll, Lewis
  • Carroll, Lewis
  • Carroll, Lewis
  • Carroll, Lewis
  • Authors, English
  • Mathematics teachers
  • Mathematicians
  • Photographers
  • Children's stories
  • Oxford (England)
  • Authors, English
  • Children's stories
  • Mathematicians
  • Mathematics teachers
  • Photographers
  • England
  • Great Britain
  • Authors, English
  • Mathematics teachers
  • Mathematicians
  • Photographers
  • Children's stories
  • Oxford (England)
Label
The mystery of Lewis Carroll : discovering the whimsical, thoughtful and sometimes lonely man who created Alice in Wonderland, Jenny Woolf
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-317) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"My father and mother were honest though poor--" : family -- "You can do arithmetic, I trust?" : Oxford life -- "Nose in the middle, mouth under" : the human body -- "This strange wild man from other lands" : love and sex -- "Children are three-fourths of my life" : children -- "Child of the pure unclouded brow" : Alice -- "That awful mystery" : religion and the supernatural -- "And would you be a poet?" : literature and storytelling -- "--took the camera of rosewood" : photography -- "He offered large discount, he offered a cheque" : money -- Appendix. Report of Dr Yvonne Hart on Carroll's neurological symptoms
Control code
ocn651912507
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
Extent
x, 326 pages
Isbn
9780312673710
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o651912507
  • (OCoLC)651912507
Label
The mystery of Lewis Carroll : discovering the whimsical, thoughtful and sometimes lonely man who created Alice in Wonderland, Jenny Woolf
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-317) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"My father and mother were honest though poor--" : family -- "You can do arithmetic, I trust?" : Oxford life -- "Nose in the middle, mouth under" : the human body -- "This strange wild man from other lands" : love and sex -- "Children are three-fourths of my life" : children -- "Child of the pure unclouded brow" : Alice -- "That awful mystery" : religion and the supernatural -- "And would you be a poet?" : literature and storytelling -- "--took the camera of rosewood" : photography -- "He offered large discount, he offered a cheque" : money -- Appendix. Report of Dr Yvonne Hart on Carroll's neurological symptoms
Control code
ocn651912507
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
Extent
x, 326 pages
Isbn
9780312673710
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o651912507
  • (OCoLC)651912507

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