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| Name: |
Lewis Carroll | | Variant Name: |
Charles L. Dodgson | | Birth Date: |
January 27, 1832 | | Death Date: |
January 14, 1898 | | Place of Birth: |
England | | Place of Death: |
England | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
cleric, author, mathematician |
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 Biography of Lewis Carroll
911 words, approx. 3 pages
 Lewis Carroll is actually a pseudonym, the pen name taken by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Although best known for his children's books, Dodgson worked professionally as a mathematician, studying particularly recreational logic, determinants, geometry and... summary from source:
 Biography of Lewis Carroll
785 words, approx. 3 pages
The English cleric Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), who wrote under the name Lewis Carroll, was the author of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. He was also a noted mathematician and photographer. Born on Jan. 27, 1832, Lewis... summary from source:
 Biography of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
479 words, approx. 2 pages
Charles Dodgson was the oldest of eleven children in a parish priest 's family. Every member of the Dodgson family stammered including Charles, who was also intensely shy, but these impediments did not hinder him from developing a talent for...
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 Lewis Carroll Quotes
2,533 words, approx. 8 pages
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ( 27 January 1832 - 14 January 1898 ) was a British author, mathematician, Anglican clergyman, logician, and amateur photographer; better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll See also: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Carroll, Lewis
2,085 words, approx. 7 pages(born Jan. 27, 1832, Daresbury, Cheshire, Eng.—died Jan. 14, 1898, Guildford, Surrey) English logician, mathematician, photographer, and novelist, especially remembered for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel, Through the... summary from source:
 Carroll, Lewis (1832–1898) Summary
1,511 words, approx. 5 pagesCarroll, Lewis(1832–1898) Lewis Carroll is the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. The eldest son of a large clerical family, he was born at Daresbury, Cheshire, was educated at Rugby School, and entered Christ Church, Oxford, in 1850. On... summary from source:
Carroll, Lewis [addendum] Summary
657 words, approx. 2 pagesCarroll, Lewis [addendum] The success of the Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Cohen, Morton N. Lewis Carroll. A Biography. New York: Knopf,... summary from source:
 Lewis Carroll Information
6,943 words, approx. 23 pages
His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky", all considered to be within the genre of literary nonsense. His facility at word...
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 Insight on the News Would not, could not: Carroll in Wonderland. (Lewis Carroll)
12/25/1995: 1,968 words, approx. 7 pages Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, based 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking Glass' on fairy tales he told to the daughters of a college dean. Carroll became estranged from the family, possibly because of his attraction to one daughter,... summary from source:
The Washington Post Wonderful Look At Lewis Carroll
05/29/1994: 420 words, approx. 1 pages Is Lewis Carroll's timeless "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" simply an innocent children's story? Those who think so are in for a fascinating glance through the looking glass, courtesy of The Learning Channel's "Great Books" series, airing Saturday at 10 p.m. The fourth installment... summary from source:
 AP News Poet Mary Ellen Solt dies at age 86
7/3/2007: 299 words, approx. 1 pagesMary Ellen Solt, who used letter and word arrangements to enhance the meaning of a poem and was a leader in the "concrete poetry" movement, has died. She was 86.Solt died June 21 in Santa Clarita after a stroke, her family said.Her most popular work,... summary from source:
AP News In Minn., a poetry slam with a twist
2/11/2007: 396 words, approx. 1 pagesSlam poetry got a fresh twist when three Victorian-era re-enactors read from such poets as William Wordsworth and Emily Dickinson in a setting that was fitting for the event _ a 19th-century stone mansion.Actor Craig Johnson, wearing a gray frock coat typical of the period,...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Richard Kelly
13,372 words, approx. 45 pages
In the following excerpt, Kelly discusses Carroll's poetry, maintaining that his serious verse is of poor quality, while his humorous verse is brilliant.
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Critical Essay by Robert M. Polhemus
11,745 words, approx. 39 pages
In the following essay, Polhemus explores Carroll's representation of children, suggesting that the idea of using children as subjects in fiction was just emerging when the Alice books were published.
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Critical Essay by Gabriele Schwab
9,376 words, approx. 31 pages
In the following essay, Schwab considers Carroll's experimental treatment of language, maintaining that his work anticipates the twentieth-century movements of surrealism, modernism, and postmodernism.
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