"This gorgeous 150th anniversary edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is also a revelatory work of scholarship. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland--published 150 years ago in 1865 -- is a book many of us love and feel we know well. But it turns out we have only scratched th…
Biographical note: Sascha Bru, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; Daniel Steuer, University of Brighton, England; Wolfgang Huemer, Università di Parma, Italy. Main description: Wittgenstein took literature extremely seriously and did not consider it of secondary importanc…
Characterization is a vital issue in creative and imaginative writing for children. Within a communicative framework of systemic functional linguistics, this book reveals how the fantasy characterization is construed in the SL text, and how it is constructed and distorted in the…
Characterization is a vital issue in creative and imaginative writing for children. Within a communicative framework of systemic functional linguistics, this book reveals how the fantasy characterization is construed in the SL text, and how it is constructed and distorted in the…
In graphic novel format, traces the influences behind Lewis Carroll's celebrated stories and focuses on Sunderland, England, one of his favorite haunts, providing updates to his biography and covering famous events and locales.
In graphic novel format, traces the influences behind Lewis Carroll's celebrated stories and focuses on Sunderland, England, one of his favorite haunts, providing updates to his biography and covering famous events and locales.
"When little Alice follows the Black Rat down into the gaping darkness of an open grave, she falls and falls. And soon finds herself in an undead nightmare of rotting flesh and insanity. Venturing further into this land of zombies and monsters, she encounters characters both cre…
by Tenniel, John, Sir, Cook, Nickolas, Cardillo, Brent, Carroll, Lewis
"When little Alice follows the Black Rat down into the gaping darkness of an open grave, she falls and falls. And soon finds herself in an undead nightmare of rotting flesh and insanity. Venturing further into this land of zombies and monsters, she encounters characters both cre…
They were indeed a queer-looking party that assembled on the bank-the birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their fur clinging close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable. All of them were covered in Alice's now cold and congealed blood, which made the…
The Alice and Pinocchio stories connected to a worldwide audience almost like folktales and fairy tales and became fixtures of postmodernism. This comparative reading explores their imagery and history, and through literary criticism and author biographies, and discusses them in…
"The Alice and Pinocchio stories connected to a worldwide audience almost like folktales and fairy tales and became fixtures of postmodernism. This comparative reading explores their imagery and history, and through literary criticism and author biographies, and discusses them i…
"The Alice and Pinocchio stories connected to a worldwide audience almost like folktales and fairy tales and became fixtures of postmodernism. This comparative reading explores their imagery and history, and through literary criticism and author biographies, and discusses them i…
Biographical entries of 80 authors, from Douglas Adams to Jane Yolen, with vital information, photos, bibliographies, sources, movie adaptations, and quotes.
