The Annotated Hunting of the Snark

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An annotated version of the Hunting of the Snark

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The definitive guide to one of the most baffling epics of nineteenth-century literature—a companion to The Annotated Alice. "It's a Snark!"…for whatever else can it be?" Published on April Fools' Day in 1876, Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark remains one of the most amusing and bizarre works of modern verse. Carroll, who completed this classic poem eleven years after the publication of Alice in Wonderland, invites readers along on a fictitious hunt to determine who—or what—the Snark actually is. More than 130 years later, the indomitable Martin Gardner returns to the Snark with a trove of new annotations and illustrations, uncovering some of the most confounding literary, linguistic, and mathematical references embedded in any of Lewis Carroll's many works. Included in this gorgeous, two-color volume is an introduction by Adam Gopnik, as well as Henry Holiday's distinctive, original illustrations, a substantial bibliography, and a suppressed drawing of the infamous Boojum. With a host of other Snark resources, this is the most ambitious work on Lewis Carroll's masterpiece in many decades. .

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ISBN13: 9780393062427
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Item number (ASIN): 0393062422
Author: Lewis Carroll
Creator: Henry Holiday, Adam Gopnik, Martin Gardner
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.8
Edition: annotated edition
ISBN: 0393062422
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Package Dimensions: 79 x 724 x 937 (hundredths-inches)
Publication Date: October 17, 2006
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Binding: Hardcover

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Average Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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- So many prefaces, so little annotation
There are some wonderful editions of 'Annotated Hunting of the Snark' out there, but this isn't one of them. It has preface before preface before preface. To the point where you start to get bored before getting to the meat of the book. It has the 'story' proper in ordinary sized, black type face. But the annotation is in light red (not pink, but washed out red) very small print. Hard to read. And the beloved illustrations are not very closely placed to their mention in the book. You better have lots of patience and very good eyesight if you buy this edition of a classic book. Just my opinion.

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- The Annotated Hunting of the Snark: A great addition to the works of Louis Carrol
This is a superb graphic as well as a compaion to the work itself. What I found to be of great value is the breath of different interpretations ot the so-called "nonsense" nature of the poem. Beautiful to view and delightful to read. One might like also to read "The Invisible Plague" by E.Fuller Torrey and Judith Miller which is a history of "madness" and in which Louis Carrol's poem, as well as others are cited. Explanations of some great works by other authors suffering from limited cases of "madness" of the Nineteenth Century are placed in context with the attempts to improve the situation for others suffering from schizophrenia and mania. The book is a marvelous overview of the history of mental disease from Ancient Egypt to the Present.

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- Great version of this annotation
This is a great copy of the Martin Gardner's annotation of this wonderful nonsense poem. Gardner's annotation makes the poem understandable and richer for the reader. I heartily recommend this book.

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- Has anyone really found the Snark?
"Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice: That alone should encourage the crew. Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice: What I tell you three times is true." This fascinating "Agony in Eight Fits" composed by Lewis Carroll in 1876,is to Literature what a Trompe-l'oeil masterpiece is to the world of Art.Well,maybe only in a way; because once "discovered" in a painting ,the trick of the eye can be seen or understood. Maybe it is more akin to modern art where someone says "this is what the artist is saing" ;and people can say "Yes,I see what he means" ;but there's always something else. With this poem,there have been countless interpretations and Carroll himself offered more questions than answers ,when asked what it meant. This book was published as a Centennial Edition and annotated by Martin Gardner;famous for his features in "Scientific American Magazine" as well as a lifetime of interest ,writings and books in Mathematical Recreations. All the plates as well as original shetches by Henry Holiday and extensive information are tncluded. To complete it all,a complete facsimile of the First Edirion is also included. Although there has been endless things said and written about this famous work,this edition would be as good a place as any to start in seeing what this poem is all about. One club,and there have been many,was founded in 1897 and lasted till the last meeing in 1914 on the eve of WWI.The number of members was severely restricted . "The club's eleven rules are so delightfully Snarkish that with the Bellman's permission",they are included in the book. It is near impossible to write a review on this book other than to say,I spent an afternoon enjoying it,but one could spend a great deal of time studing it and writings about it. I don't often refer to Reviews by others,but in this case I would be remiss not to note the excellent one written by Luan Gaines"Luansos" on November 6,2006. "'Once upon a time there was a Boojum--'the Professor began,but stopped suddenly.'I forget the rest of the Fable,' he said.'And there was a lesson to be learned from it. I'm afraid I forget that,too.'"

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- Charmed with smiles and soap
Highly recommended for readers interested in the timeless poem by Lewis Carroll. And this should encompass all those, regardless of age, who have a sense of humor and an element of wonder.