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This study enhances our understanding of katabasis, as well as the
intersections between adult and children's literature in English
and French, by examining the relationships between works of
children's literature incorporating this form of narrative and the
Aeneid and the Inferno.
The descent to the underworld is one of our oldest stories. It
recurs in the most influential texts of early European literature -
the Odyssey, the Aeneid, the Inferno - and no less so in the
classics of children's literature. Vaclavik shows that retellings
for young readers certainly shift emphases, working the legend
through transformations of all kinds, but also that much of the
traditional katabasis story remains firmly in place. The critical
study of children's literature remains a relatively new field, in
which such fundamental presences have gone largely unnoticed. As
Vaclavik demonstrates, many novels which remain lively and resonant
for adult readers richly repay critical attention. And if the
incomparable explorer's tales of Jules Verne, H. Rider Haggard,
Hector Malot and even Lewis Carroll have proved durable beyond all
expectations, one reason may be that there is no lure like that of
the underworld, and none harder to escape. Kiera Vaclavik is
Lecturer in French and Comparative Literature at Queen Mary,
University of London.
150 years after Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was first
published, Lewis Carroll's eponymous heroine has become one of the
most familiar figures in the cultural landscape. The enduringly
iconic figure of the Victorian child, Alice has inspired countless
fashion designers, illustrators and stylists. The 'Alice Look' has
been embraced across the world, by young and old alike, and by both
the feted and the forgotten. Fashioning Alice is the first book to
chart the emergence of Alice as a style icon. Kiera Vaclavik traces
the evolution of Alice's visual identity in the nineteenth century
and explores the myriad ways in which she was dressed - on the
page, on the stage, and in the home. The book also draws on
historical sources to examine amateur performance and play not just
in the UK but in the USA, Japan and Australia. Illustrated
throughout, Fashioning Alice is a ground-breaking exploration of
Alice's visual career that offers a compelling case study of the
intersections between fashion and fiction.
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