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The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition (original 1999; edition 1999)

by Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel (Illustrator), John Tenniel (Editor), Martin Gardner (Introduction), Martin Gardner (Illustrator)

Series: Annotated Alice (Omnibus Revised 1-2), Alice's Adventures (Annotated edition)

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Forty years after Gardner's groundbreaking publication of the annotated version of Carroll's most famous work comes this new version, featuring fascinating insights, notes and newly discovered line drawings.
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Title:The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition
Authors:Lewis Carroll
Other authors:John Tenniel (Illustrator), John Tenniel (Editor), Martin Gardner (Introduction), Martin Gardner (Illustrator)
Info:W.W. Norton & Co. (1999), Edition: Upd Sub, Hardcover, 352 pages
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"Alice in Wonderland" holds a special place in literature, and reasonably so. It's a gem of nonsense poetry, fantasy and delight for children and adults alike. Martin Gardner's edition takes the work and makes it more relevant (not trying to sound derogatory to Lewis Carroll's books by saying that). Much like anything rooted in popular culture (be it Shakespeare or Seinfeld), we lose a good deal of the context and allusions the further divorced we are from the time of publication. Gardner thus informs us of the origins of the song parodies, the logical reasoning behind the bizarre characters' even more bizarre assertions, and both the origins, and reception, of "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass".

"Alice" is a thing of beauty, and stands up on its own against all odds. But this is a doubly enjoyable experience, and if you like this, check out some of Carroll's other works! ( )
  therebelprince | Oct 24, 2023 |
Treasure ( )
  Karen74Leigh | Aug 23, 2023 |
Caroll's original text and illustrations by Tenniel - annotations by Martin Gardner the popular science writer. The annotations are especially helpful for showing the original, now largely unknown, verses that Caroll's were making fun of. ( )
  markm2315 | Jul 1, 2023 |
Absolutely perfect for the shelves of any and all Alice in Wonderland fans! This annotated guide provides a number of helpful and insightful descriptions, captions and annotations throughout the two book Alice series included here, plenty of common and even more uncommon facts. It digs out and up a lot of historical background and context, so I really enjoyed that. It almost seems biographical in a way. ( )
  am08279 | Oct 27, 2022 |
**Rating is for this book as literary criticism. I have rated Carroll's books under their own titles.**

Review to come. ( )
  amyotheramy | May 11, 2021 |
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Gardner, MartinIntroductionsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gardner, MartinEditorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Alice, Where Art Thou?

Quaint child, old-fashioned Alice, lend your dream:
I would be done with modern story-spinners,
Follow with you the laughter and the gleam:
Weary am I, this night, of saints and sinners.
We have been friends since Lewis and old Tenniel
Housed you immortally in red and gold.
Come! Your naivete is a spring perennial:
Let me be young again before I’m old.

You are a glass of youth: this night I choose
Deep in your magic labyrinths to stray,
Where rants the Red Queen in her splendid hues
And the White Rabbit hurries on his way.
Let us once more adventure, hand in hand:
Give me belief again—in Wonderland!

- Vincent Starrett, in Brillig (Chicago: Dierkes Press, 1949)
Dedication
To the thousands of readers of my Annotated Alice and More Annotated Alice who took the time to send letters of appreciation, and to offer corrections and suggestions for new notes.
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All in the golden afternoon
Full leisurely we glide;
For both our oars, with little skill,
By little arms are plied,
While little hands make vain pretence
Our wanderings to guide.
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Includes both Annotated Alice and More Annotated Alice as well as additional material. Please do not combine with Annotated Alice.
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