The Knight Letter (ISSN 0193-886X) is the magazine of the Lewis
Carroll Society of North America, and comes free with your membership. Founded
in 1974, there have been 73 issues to date. The current issue contains 52 pages:
27 pages of informative, entertaining, and scholarly articles to be found in
the "Rectory Umbrella" section, and the 27-page "MischMasch"
section of letters, reviews, features like "Serendipity" (references
to Carroll in popular culture, literature, and so on), "Of Books and Things"
(reviews of books and films), "Carrollian Notes" (featurettes), and
"From Our Far-Flung Correspondents" (mini-reviews of all things Carrollian:
books, articles, new cyberspace sites, conferences and lectures, exhibitions,
performances, auctions, the media, and new things to buy).
Subscriptions, business correspondence, and inquiries should be addressed to
the Secretary, Clare Imholtz, 11935 Beltsville DR, Beltsville, MD 20705; or by email.
Annual membership dues are U.S. $25 (regular) and $50 (sustaining). Submissions
and editorial correspondence should be sent to the Editor, Andrew Sellon, preferably
by email, or 35 Rossmore Avenue, Bronxville, NY 10708.
Here are some highlights from recent issues:
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Cover by Helenbar.
Articles: "Tea with Alice," an account by Miles (My Brilliant
Career) Franklin, with commentary by Dr. Sanjay Sircar; "Mr.
Dodgson and the Royal Family (Part II)"; a report on the spring
'04 meeting at Harvard; speculation on the inspiration for the Hunting
of the Snark; lots more...
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Acrobat format, including the Table of Contents.
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72
Steadman cover! Articles: "Mr. Dodgson and the Royal Family (Part
I)"; a report on the fall '03 meeting in New York; speculation
on the authenticity of the "Wasp in a Wig" chapter in Looking-glass;
some previously unknown illustrations by Wanda Gàg; lots more...
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format, including the Table of Contents.
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Volume II - we now have a fine graphic designer. Rare Tenniel cover!
Articles on: the spring '03 meeting in Chicago (speaker: Douglas Hofstadter);
the meaning of the long dashes in "The Walrus and the Carpenter";
"Carroll's Monsters"; Borges; contemporary reviews of Sylvie
and Bruno; lots more...
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format.
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70
Vorpal Blades: The Translator's Art. Cover: 6 different Latin translations
of "Jabberwocky." Articles: report on the fall '02 meeting
in San Francisco; "Latin and Greek Versions of 'Jabberwocky': Exercises
in Laughing and Grief"; "Alice in Catalan"; lots more...
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In tribute to the issue number, the front cover (the text is the first
verse of "Jabberwocky") reads both upside down and rightside
up. Articles: coverage of the spring '02 meeting in Princeton; a rumination
on "alice" as an Italian word for "fish"; reviews
of some odd dissertations; and "Mavericks of Meaning: Among the
Mondegreens," discussing Carroll and Walt Kelly.
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