With an Introduction & 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 & 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 & 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 & extraordinary experiments years ahead of their time in Modernism & Surrealism Through wordplay parody & logical & 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