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'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat. 'We're all mad here.'
The 'Alice' books are two of the most translated, most quoted, and best-known books in the world, but what exactly are they? Apparently delightful, innocent fantasies for children, they are also complex textures of mathematical, linguistic, and philosophical jokes. Alice's encounters with the White Rabbit, the Cheshire-Cat, the King and Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter, Tweedledum and Tweedledee and many other extraordinary characters have made them masterpieces of carefree nonsense, yet they also appeal to adults on a quite different level. Layers of satire, allusion, and symbolism about Victorian culture and politics, as well as revelations about the intricate subconscious problems of their author, add to their fascination and make them impossible to classify.
This new edition explores the phenomenal range of reference, and the paradoxical appeal of two of the most inventive books in world literature. It also includes an episode removed by Carroll from the proofs of Through the Looking-Glass, called 'The Wasp in a Wig'.
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"OUP's edition makes a decent fist of contextualising and explaining a book that appeals to adults and children." - Colin Waters, Sunday Herald
In this Oxford World's Classics audio guide, Peter Hunt, Professor Emeritus in Children's Literature at the University of Cardiff, who was responsible for setting up the first course in children's literature in the UK, introduces the newcomer to critically reading texts written for children.
Click on the links below to hear Peter’s thoughts on the field and then explore Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in more detail.
Introducing Children's Literature
Is it possible to say when children's literature as a recognizable genre started? [0:30]Peter Hunt explains why. [0:56]
When, where and why did the academic study of children's books begin?[1:13]When Peter Hunt set up the first children's literature course in the UK, what was his intention? [0:58]Do you have to learn to read in a different way?[1:35]
When studying children's books, is it important to remember that they are often first encountered by being read aloud by an adult?[1:02]Peter Hunt reflects on the fact that the classics of children's literature have been extraordinarily productive of other texts, sequels, prequels, adaptations as well as films. [0:41] Is there now a canon of children's literature? [1:16]
Peter Hunt discusses this. [1:24]Are children's books able to address an adult and a child audience simultaneously, thereby becoming vehicles for satire and social comment?[1:26]Was that an early nineteenth-century phenomenon?[1:23]
About Alice
Why have the Alice books proved to be such influential texts in the history of literature? [3:32]Peter Hunt explains Carroll's riposte to Kingsley.[1:16]
Peter Hunt on the dark side of Wonderland. [1:36]
How much of the Alice books' staying power is a result of their linguistic inventiveness? [1:26]ISBN : 9780199558292
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