Lewis Carroll : the man and his circle
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Lewis Carroll : the man and his circle
I.B. Tauris, 2014
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
Bestselling author, pioneering photographer, mathematical don and writer of nonsense verse, Lewis Carroll remains a source of continuing fascination. Though many have sought to understand this complex man he remains for many an enigma. Now leading international authority, Edward Wakeling, offers his unique appraisal of the man born Charles Dodgson but whom the world knows best as Lewis Carroll, author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. This new biography of Carroll presents a fresh appraisal based upon his social circle. Contrary to the claims of many previous authors, Carroll's circle was not child centred: his correspondence was enormous, numbering almost 100,000 items at the time of his death, and included royalty and many of the leading artists, illustrators, publishers, academics, musicians and composers of the Victorian era. Edward Wakeling draws upon his personal database of nearly 6,000 letters, mostly never before published, to fill the gaps left by earlier biographies and resolve some of the key myths that surround Lewis Carroll, such as his friendships with children and his drug-taking.
Meticulously researched and based upon a lifetime's study of the man and his work, this important new work will be essential reading for scholars and admirers of one of the key authors of the Victorian age.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Foreword by Rhona Lewis, Christ Church, Oxford
Preface
Acknowledgements
A Chronology of C. L. Dodgson's Life
1. The Dodgson Family
2. Teachers and Oxford University Associates
3. Publishers and Printers
4. Illustrators
5. Mathematicians and Logicians
6. Photographers
7. Artists and Musicians
8. Actors and Dramatists
9. Friends and Children
10. Professionals
11. Royalty
12. Famous Acquaintances
Epilogue: Full Circle
Bibliography
Short Titles
Notes
Index
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