Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass: Nonsense, Sense, and Meaning (Twayne's Masterwork Studies)

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In many ways, the worlds Alice encounters are exaggerated versions of the evolving modern society that many Victorians feared.

In chapters that explore the historical context, critical reception and interpretation of the Alice books, Rackin examines how Carroll used fantasy and "nonsense" to mirror the frightening reality of a world transformed by mechanization, changing class relations, capitalism, and religious doubt.

Rackin explains that the story deals with our desperate search for meaning; we create for ourselves a system of rules that helps us structure the world which is in reality a total chaos. If we didn't live by our rules we would become as mad as the Wonderland creatures.

The book specifically deals with the following topics: "The Alice Books and Lewis Carroll's World" / "The Importance of the Alice Books and the Search for Their Meaning" / "Critical Reception of the Alice Books" / "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: An Underground Journey to the End of Night" / "Through the Looking-Glass: Alice Becomes an I" / "Blessed Rage: The Alices and the Modern Quest for Order" / "Laughing and Grief: What's So Funny about the Alices?" / ""And here I must leave you": Death, Love, and the White Knight's Farewell".


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Item number (ASIN): 0805794301
Author: Donald Rackin
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0805794301
Item Dimensions: 86 x 588 x 884 (hundredths-inches)
Languages: English x English x English
Manufacturer: Twayne Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Package Dimensions: 70 x 590 x 850 (hundredths-inches)
Publication Date: December 13, 1991
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
Release Date: December 13, 1991
Binding: Hardcover

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