
The sampling of links below will provide you with a starting point for research about Lewis Carroll, his works, his life, and his time. These links should provide you with ample information to begin a study project, whether it be a school essay or a doctoral thesis. You will find Carroll a fascinating topic, regardless of the aspect you choose to explore. There is a great deal of rubbish on the internet, as you likely know, including the occasional ill-considered and unsupported statements of “facts” about Lewis Carroll. For example, despite what you may read on some lazy sites, Carroll was not a user of recreational drugs; his creativity did not require artificial stimulus. As always, when researching any topic, we encourage you to seek out reputable, responsible resources for your research, and double-check your facts.
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Biographies
- Biography of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson at Your Archives.com
(links to British National Archives Dodgson sources; definitive data) - Lewis Carroll: A Biography, by LCSNA member Morton Cohen
- In the Shadow of the Dream Child, by Karoline Leach
- The Mystery of Lewis Carroll, by Jenny Woolf
- A Biography by Derek Hudson, online
- Brief Biography of Carroll from Biography.com
- Brief Biography of Tenniel from Biography.com
- Brief Biography from Incompetech.com
- Brief Biography by Keith Parkins (note: some links do not work)
- Brief Bio at ‘Engines of Our Ingenuity’, by John H. Lienhard
- WordIQ.com Definition of Lewis Carroll
- A Thumbnail Sketch
- Victorian Station Bio
- Edward Bok Meeting Lewis Carroll
- Alice Liddell Bio
- A Bio on a SciFi Page in Finland
- A Timeline
- Brief Bio from NationMaster.com
- Carroll’s Maternal Genealogy
- Bio and Critique from enotes.com
- A Bio and Some Photos of Richmond School
- Bio from Salem Press
- “Carroll’s Financial Records” by Jenny Woolf
- Biography from Tant Mieux
- Lewis Carroll at Winteringham
- “A Girl Like Alice”, by Vanessa St. Clair (Alice’s great-granddaughter’s musings about being a descendant of Alice)
Critical Analysis and Interpretation
- Talks by Hans van Ditmarsch
- Reflections on the Grotesque
- Joyce Carol Oates’ Personal Best
- Chapter by Chapter Commentary by Marc Edmund Jones
- Comparison of Carroll to James Fenimore Cooper
- A Talk Given by J.R. Lucas
- Great Science Fiction and Fantasy Works (note: some sublinks do not work)
- Relation Between Nonsense and Linguistics
- Thinking of Alice, by Yossi Natanson
- Commentary of Looking Glass
- Alice in Pragmaticland
- The Story of Alice
- Framing Effects
- The Poems in Alice in Wonderland, by Florence Milner
- David Carroll’s Carroll Page
- Issues With Translating Into Dutch, by Marye de Jong
- Translating Childrens’ Books Into German
- Choice of the name Alice or Arisu in Japanese translations
- Alice in Mirrorland, by Laura Green (note: some sublinks do not work)
- Some Influences on The Hunting of the Snark, by John Shaw
- An Explication of Jabberwocky
- Lewis Carroll and the Search for Non-Being
- Bosch, Alice and Mad Magazine
- Comparison of Alice to Cupid and Psyche
- Animals of Wonderland
- Deleuze With Carroll
- Lewis Carroll: A Man Out Of Joint
- Lewis Carroll: Author, Mathematician and Christian
- Alice as a Trip Through Puberty
- Backdrop of the Victorian World
- L in Wonderland, a short analysis by caustisoda
- The Capture of the Snark
- A 1954 Review of the Diaries
- Girls Under-Ground
- Dodgson’s Dodges, by Thomas Christensen
- Alice in Wonderland Review
- Mark Burstein: To Catch a Bandersnatch
Lessons
- Chapter Outlines
- The Victorian Fancy
- University of Strathclyde
- Review of Alice in Wonderland as SciFi
Helpful Tools
Tidbits
- An Article About Jabberwhorl Cronstadt
- Carroll’s Poetry Parodies
- See Another Photo of the Source of the Cheshire Cat
Other Carroll Resources
- LCSNA member Edward Wakeling’s Lewis Carroll Site
- Wikipedia Carroll Page
- Lewis Carroll’s Scrapbook (A remarkable Library of Congress virtual facsimile of one of his actual scrapbooks, with an introductory essay by LCSNA member Edward Wakeling)
- The “Lewis Carroll Myth” site
- Contrariwise; the Lewis Carroll Myth blog
- A General Page by Lenny de Rooy
- David Wheldon’s Page
- The Looking Glass: New Perspectives in Children’s Literature
- Lewis Carroll Reading List
- The Lewis Carroll Forum (one of probably many; no endorsement is made)
