The amazingly talented Oleg Lipchenko has asked us to remind everyone he will be talking at the Fall meeting of the Lewis Carroll Societ of North America, Nov 6, in NYC. Subject is intriguingly titled “Butcher in the Ruff: Rendering the Snark (A Work in Progress)” , & uses this even more intriguing quote as […]
Archives for Alice in Wonderland
“I cannot remember any other motive…”: the chronology of creating Wonderland
It’ll be November soon, the month in which Alice’s Adventures Underground was begun and (two looong years later) finally delivered to its intended recipient, Alice Liddell. It’s one of the most myth-drenched areas of Lewis Carroll’s life. So it does no harm to use the upcoming anniversary to take another look. (By the way, for […]
The Virtual Victorian
Here’s an extract from the Virtual Victorian blog (unpromisingly titled “The Shy and Stammering Man”): But, despite loving to visit art galleries and the theatre, the stuttering, unmarried clergyman was never truly comfortable in the adult ‘society’ world, preferring to indulge in the uncomplicated friendship of children. Such sincere and intense ‘relationships’ have since led […]
Completely irrelevant but…
Contrariwise’s favourite search term ever reached us today – “Alice in Wonderland garden gnomes” Bless
Lipchenko's Wonderland
It gets a little solitary and windswept out here on Myth Point, tending our lonely beacon with only gulls and other Carroll outcasts for company, so we’re taking a welcome break to talk of other things. Namely the amazing Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (ISBN 978-0-88776932-0) illustrations of Oleg Lipchenko, that have just won the 2009 […]