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Loading... The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Editionby Lewis CarrollSeries: Annotated Alice (3), Norton Annotated Series, Alice's Adventures (omnibus 1-2)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. There is so much to this classic book Carroll created that scholars have been studying it for many years. I can understand their interest from a mathematical standpoint but as a person that just loves a good fantasy, I found it more enjoyable just to read and let my imagination take me away. John Tenniel's illustrations are fairly realistic for fanciful characters and realistic animals that talk. I can't say that I love the illustrations because I don't. They frightened me as a child and I still find them disturbing. The story is well written and I like the poems. I just have never cared for this story. I believe the reason I don't care for it much is because I cannot relate to it due to the difference in time as well as the location. There is probably a large amount of humor that I just am missing. (  ) quicksilvertears | Apr 27, 2009 |  This beautiful hardbound edition of both Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass is made heavenly by the inclusion of luxurious annotations, original illustrations by John Tenniel, and a long-lost chapter. Editor Gardner reprints acres of trivia provided by scholars and fans in the annotations, which range from definitions or contextual clues to (like suggested answers to the famous riddle "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?"). At times, the annotations seem a little indulgent (there are many pages split 50/50 between Carroll's text and Gardner's annotations); but more often than not, they are a wonderful opportunity to luxuriate over two books rich in symbolism, imagery, and pure nonsense. (  ) daykeeper | Mar 31, 2009 | ik heb hem ook gelezen, meteen met deel twee (through the looking glass) in het engels in de annotated editie, en af en toe zelfs met de website: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/alice/s... binnen handbereik. ik vond het eerste deel heel erg leuk om te lezen, en werd door de notes ook nog op allerlei dingetjes gewezen die ik er zelf niet uit had gehaald. Maar ook zonder die notes was het gewoon een goed te lezen, heel bijzonder boek. ik heb allerlei aantekeningen gemaakt, maar geen tijd om er een fatsoenlijk verslagje van te maken. het tweede deel vond ik trouwens wel wat minder leuk. Dat komt mischien ook omdat ik niet kan schaken en het verhaal op een schaakspel is gebaseerd. ik kan nu een blaadje met aantekeningen vinden: In de introductie en in andere notes wordt gesproken over de voorliefde van Carroll voor jonge meisjes. Er wordt nonchelant over gedaan, maar 't heeft toch iets aparts Er zitten veel 'death jokes' in, die ik er overigens zonder notes vaak niet eens uithaalde, zoals: Why, i wouldn't day anything about it, even if i fell off the top of the house! (which was very likely true) Het spel met dromen. Als Alice wakker wordt, is wonderland weg. Op het moment dat ze zich dat realiseert, voelt ze zich ook sterker, ze groeit letterlijk. het te groot en te klein voelen/ beetje puberachtig, maar ze is pas 7 De bijzondere logica, met name met taal, al werden de woordspelletjes me wat te veel in boek 2 "There is no use trying, said Alice; one can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." "Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? ''That depends a good deal on where you want to get to'.' Said the Cat. I don't much care where / Said Alice. Then it doesn't matter which way you go, said the Cat." Misschien vind ik nog eens tijd om er een behoorlijk verslagje van te maken.... Nu lees ik overigens een boek dat gebaseerd is op Alice in Wonderland. Het heet: The looking glass wars, van frank beddor ofzo, ik heb het even niet bij de hand. Later meer... ( ) Floddertje | Dec 21, 2008 | This is a great edition of both Alice books, because on the side bars it tells all about what the author may have been thinking or what he was referencing (or who he was making fun of...) ( ) jfoster_sf | Aug 14, 2008 | For a long time, I felt intimidated by the original Alice stories (as opposed to the many film or other adaptations). One reason being that I might not "get " much of the story due to its roots in the Victorian era. I was doubly, if not triply, rewarded after reading this annotated edition. Most notably, much of the fun and quirkiness of Alice's adventures age very gracefully and are easily enjoyable by today's audience. Also, Martin Gardner does a wonderful job of telling the story of Carroll's books and their impact on his life, as well as pointing out numerous obscurities that only increase the reader's pleasure. Highly recommended. ( )1  igor.kh | Mar 27, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0393048470, Hardcover)"What is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations!"Readers who share Alice's taste in books will be more than satisfied with The Annotated Alice, a volume that includes not only pictures and conversations, but a thorough gloss on the text as well. There may be some, like G.K. Chesterton, who abhor the notion of putting Lewis Carroll's masterpiece under a microscope and analyzing it within an inch of its whimsical life. But as Martin Gardner points out in his introduction, so much of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass is composed of private jokes and details of Victorian manners and mores that modern audiences are not likely to catch. Yes, Alice can be enjoyed on its own merits, but The Annotated Alice appeals to the nosy parker in all of us. Thus we learn, for example, that the source of the mouse's tale may have been Alfred Lord Tennyson who "once told Carroll that he had dreamed a lengthy poem about fairies, which began with very long lines, then the lines got shorter and shorter until the poem ended with fifty or sixty lines of two syllables each." And that, contrary to popular belief, the Mad Hatter character was not a parody of then Prime Minister Gladstone, but rather was based on an Oxford furniture dealer named Theophilus Carter. Gardner's annotations run the gamut from the factual and historical to the speculative and are, in their own way, quite as fascinating as the text they refer to. Occasionally, he even comments on himself, as when he quotes a fellow annotator of Alice, James Kincaid: "The historical context does not call for a gloss but the passage provides an opportunity to point out the ambivalence that may attend the central figure and her desire to grow up." And then follows with a charming riposte: "I thank Mr. Kincaid for supporting my own rambling." There's a lot of information in the margins (indeed, the page is pretty evenly divided between Carroll's text and Gardner's), but the ramblings turn out to be well worth the time. So hand over your old copy of Lewis Carroll's classic to the kids--this Alice in Wonderland is intended entirely for adults. --Alix Wilber (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:58 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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