Nonsense against Sorrow: A Phenomenological Study of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice' Books

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In this fascinating study, Holbrook draws on Carroll's own letters, as well as the work of 20th-century psychoanalysts, to step inside Alice's looking glass and examine what the books reveal about the author's own desires and conflicts and his relationships with those around him. The result is a warm, highly sympathetic, and convincing portrait of C. H. Dodgson, a.k.a. Lewis Carroll, as the author applies his well-known psychobiographical analysis to the symbolism contained in Alice in Wonderland, Through the ...
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In this fascinating study, Holbrook draws on Carroll's own letters, as well as the work of 20th-century psychoanalysts, to step inside Alice's looking glass and examine what the books reveal about the author's own desires and conflicts and his relationships with those around him. The result is a warm, highly sympathetic, and convincing portrait of C. H. Dodgson, a.k.a. Lewis Carroll, as the author applies his well-known psychobiographical analysis to the symbolism contained in Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, The Wasp in the Wig, and Jabberwocky. Included are four photographs taken by Carroll himself and two Carroll drawings.

Author Biography: David Holbrook, emeritus fellow of Downing College, Cambridge, has published over 40 works including The Quest for Love, Sex and Dehumanization, The Skeleton in the Wardrobe: the Phantasies of C. S. Lewis, and Dylan Thomas: the Code of the Night.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781871871494
  • Publisher: Open Gate Press
  • Publication date: 9/1/2002
  • Pages: 160
  • Product dimensions: 6.10 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 0.50 (d)

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Dedication
Preface
Introducing the Analytical Approach 3
Lewis Carroll's background 6
Carroll's relationship with little girls 21
The poems of Lewis Carroll 35
The mind of Lewis Carroll 41
Alice in Wonderland 61
Through the Looking-Glass 87
'The Wasp in a Wig' 123
'Jabberwocky' 127
Conclusions 136
Notes 140
App.: Andrew Marvell's eroticism in 'The Picture of Little T. C. in a Prospect of Flowers' 141
Bibliography 143
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