Laszlo Matulay has based his big splashy colored pictures on the
traditional Tenniel drawings, but the text adaptation holds small
justification. The familiar rhythms and pattern of words which make
Alice a family possession through life have gone, and what is left
serves merely as transitional material connecting the favorite
poems which, thank goodness, have not been tampered with. Boards.
(Kirkus Reviews)
With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of
English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury This selection
of Carroll's works includes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and
its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, both containing the famous
illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. No greater books for children
have ever been written. The simple language, dreamlike atmosphere,
and fantastical characters are as appealing to young readers today
as ever they were. Meanwhile, however, these apparently simple
stories have become recognised as adult masterpieces, and
extraordinary experiments, years ahead of their time, in Modernism
and Surrealism. Through wordplay, parody and logical and
philosophical puzzles, Carroll engenders a variety of sub-texts,
teasing, ominous or melancholy. For all the surface playfulness
there is meaning everywhere. The author reveals himself in
glimpses.
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