A science writer, a mathematician, and a professor of English walk into a library… no, it’s not an unpromising joke, it’s a very promising-sounding multidisciplinary event taking place in Los… [read full post]
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Carroll Studies
Posts about Carroll-related study resources
Alice’s Adventures in Carroll’s own Square Alphabet
Imagine this… You are tucked up in bed and have a brilliant idea that must be written down. It’s dark, it’s late, and bedside lights have not been invented yet…. [read full post]
“Alice — In Wales?” – Sir William Blake Richmond painting blogged by C.M. Rubin
Author C.M. Rubin (The Real Alice in Wonderland) has a new blog post at The Huffington Post about Sir William Blake Richmond’s 1864 painting of the Liddell sisters, now on… [read full post]
Salman Rushdie celebrates the 140th Anniversary of Through the Looking Glass in Vanity Fair
Well, he partially uses the short article in the January 2012 issue of Vanity Fair to plug his own children’s books, but his reverence for Looking Glass is genuine: By… [read full post]
What Middletown Read: Very Little Lewis Carroll
…So when I learned about What Middletown Read, a database that tracks the borrowing records of the Muncie Public Library between 1891 and 1902, I had some of the same… [read full post]
Video interview with Tate Liverpool curator
Rounding off our coverage of the Tate Liverpool’s Alice in Wonderland exhibition, here’s a video interview with co-curator Christop Schulz that gives some tantalizing glimpses of the artwork on display…. [read full post]
Catalog for Tate Liverpool Alice exhibition looks great
The catalog for the Tate Liverpool’s Alice in Wonderland exhibition is now for sale on the Tate’s website. Edited by Gavin Delahunty, head of exhibitions and displays at Tate Liverpool, and… [read full post]
Thought-provoking article in Prospect Magazine by Richard Jenkyns
Issue 187 of Prospect Magazine contains a good article on the influence of the Alice books written by Richard Jenkyns, professor of Classics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. The article… [read full post]
Throw teddy out of the pram, Jabberwock is here!
Good Alice images on Avax News
Avax News is a website for interesting photos. Their mission is clearly stated: Every day, Lord Almighty is responsible for hundred thousands of fascinating and mysterious events in our earthly… [read full post]