David Denby’s new book, Snark (Simon & Schuster, 2009), is “‘a polemic in seven fits’ and places his observations of contemporary culture against a history of satire and invective. After… [read full post]
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Lewis Carroll and Alice-related books
A Christmas gift to a dear child
The Folio Society is offering a limited edition (only 3,750 copies!) of Alice’s Adventures under Ground, the original manuscript version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with Lewis Carroll’s own illustrations…. [read full post]
Banned Books Week
Just a reminder that this is Banned Books Week. After all, even our Alice has been banned: In 1931, the book was banned in China because “animals should not use… [read full post]
New book of Carroll’s photographs
(c) Phaidon Press Lewis Carroll by Anne Higonnet will be published by Phaidon Press on October 1st: “Lewis Carroll also pursued a photographic career, demonstrated by this beautiful collection of… [read full post]
Maggie Taylor Update
(c) Maggy Taylor So by pure happenstance (forgot to schedule an appointment at the Apple store to fix the laptop’s optical drive and therefore could not get an audience with… [read full post]
Behind the Looking Glass
Cambridge Scholars Publishing has just released Behind the Looking Glass (ISBN 9781847184863) by Sherry Ackerman. The book “demonstrates how nineteenth century currents of spiritualism, theosophy and occult philosophy comingled with… [read full post]
Yum
Literary Feasts: Inspired Eating From Classic Fiction (Atria, 2006, ISBN 1932338292) by Sean Brand has a section on the Mad Tea Party, and most important for the thrifty collector, is… [read full post]
Jim Dale’s Alice
Tania’s Alice
A new colored edition of Alice in Wonderland is printed and available from illustrator Tatiana Ianovskaia! The price is $40 for the book (plus postage). Perfect binding, paper cover, 63… [read full post]
"Alice and the Chess Master"
Christophe Leroy, president of the Rhone [France] Chess Society, invites us to the deciphering of the mysterious chess game in Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There in… [read full post]